[hsflinux] Re: kppp reporting 'unable to open modem'

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

the messages found in your 'dmesg' are generated when the HSF modem 
driver modules are inserted into the kernel and they are not affected by 
the dialing program used.

To try to tack down the problem with 'kppp' you could try to use an 
utility such as 'strace' to see what system calls are called by 'kppp' 
and compare the trace with a working dialing software to see what is the 
exact source of the problem. Alternatively, you could build 'kppp' from 
sources with possibility more debugging output which might help to track 
down this problem.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com



Guerrero da Luz wrote:
> On 12/12/05, Guerreiro da Luz <g.da.luz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Got Thinkpad R51 machine with Conexant HSF softmodem
>>(PCI-8086:24c6-1014:055a).  So I downloaded free version of Linuxant
>>HSF modem driver and installed it along with my kernel (stock
>>2.6.14.3, my machine is Slackware 10.2 btw).  Tried driver with
>>minicom and it works great, so I'm certainly going to order full
>>license.  However, I do have small problem with kppp dialer - it keeps
>>reporting 'unable to open modem' when I try dialing.  I do have
>>/dev/modem link to /dev/ttySHSF0.  I tried to use wvdial and it works
>>fine.  I tried set to modem initialization sequence in kppp to same
>>sequence minicom or wvdial are using, but same error still there.
>>Weirdest of all, if I launch either minicom or wvdial once and then
>>exit and try kppp again, it works perfectly.  So it's not that big
>>deal, but still I would like to have it working without this "hack" -
>>maybe someone on this list could offer some advice regarding how to
>>track what minicom or wvdial are doing that kppp is not or anything
>>else to try?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
> 
> 
> After sending previous message, I realized two previous threads on
> this list had also to do with kppp problems on Thinkpads (it would be
> really good to have search capability available directly on the Web
> for this list) and I found some hints.  I tried to run "hsfconfig
> --dumpdiag" before and after launching minicom (ie. before and after
> being able to use kppp properly) and here is the difference (what
> follows appears only after launching minicom):
> 
> < usbcore: deregistering driver hsfusbcd2
> < PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:1f.6
> < PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:1f.3
> < PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:1f.5
> < PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.6 to 64
> < ttySHSF0 at I/O 0x2400 (irq = 11) is a Conexant HSF softmodem (PCI-8086:24c6-1
> 014:055a)
> < usbcore: registered new driver hsfusbcd2
> 
> So I guess what kppp is missing is some kind of executing setserial
> equivalent for HSF modem, in order to set IRQ and I/O port; but HSF
> modems FAQ states it is not possible to use setserial on
> /dev/ttySHSF*.  Any hint?
> 
> Thanks.
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