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Today's Topics:
1. problem with install on 2.6.4 system (Robert E. Blair)
2. Re: HSF driver with kernel 2.6.8.1 (Linuxant support (Jonathan))
3. Re: Linuxant Driver no longer working after Suse 9.0        upgrade
(Linuxant support (Jonathan))
4. Re: problem with install on 2.6.4 system
(Linuxant support (Jonathan))
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:39:56 -0500
From: "Robert E. Blair" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:reb@anl.gov"><reb@anl.gov></a>
Subject: [hsflinux] problem with install on 2.6.4 system
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com">hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com</a>
Message-ID: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:413F35DC.8040103@anl.gov"><413F35DC.8040103@anl.gov></a>
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I'm running RHEL 3 with a custom 2.6.4 kernel (I need ACPI support and a
custom software package that requires a module that is prebuilt). When
I try to install the hsfmodem rpm it fails (see below). What are my
options?
[root@pclap34 tmp]# rpm -Uvh hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full-1.i386.rpm
warning: hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature:
NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
1:hsfmodem ###########################################
[100%]
Conexant HSF softmodem driver, version 6.03.00lnxt04082400full
If you need license keys, assistance or more information, please go to:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxant.com/">http://www.linuxant.com/</a>
When reporting a problem for the first time, please send
us the file generated by "hsfconfig --dumpdiag".
Warning: existing driver modules found under:
/lib/modules/2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB/misc/
No pre-built modules for: RedHat-3 linux-2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB
i686
Trying to automatically build the driver modules...
(this requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed)
Building modules for kernel 2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB, using
source directory
/lib/modules/2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB/build. Please wait...
done.
/usr/sbin/hsfconfig: Cannot find major device number for hsfdcp in range
240-249error: %post(hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full-1) scriptlet
failed, exit status 1[root@pclap34 tmp]#
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:51:10 +0000
From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:support@linuxant.com"><support@linuxant.com></a>
Subject: Re: [hsflinux] HSF driver with kernel 2.6.8.1
To: Dave Driver <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:reluctantconexantuser@driveconsultants.com"><reluctantconexantuser@driveconsultants.com></a>
Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com">hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com</a>, Igor GomeZZ <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:igor.gomezz@gmx.net"><igor.gomezz@gmx.net></a>
Message-ID: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:4140278E.5020807@linuxant.com"><4140278E.5020807@linuxant.com></a>
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Hi,
instead of modifying the file '/etc/init.d/modules', you could modify
the file '/etc/modules.d/hsf' and remove the line 'probeall hsfserial'
and then run the 'update-modules' command in a root shell. It should fix
the problem without disabling a mechanism of your Linux distribution.
All top level modules are inserted into the kernel to find the right one
for your modem or in other words, probing is used. Depending on the
Linux kernel used, the unused modules are either kept in the kernel or
not inserted at all.
Regards,
Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.linuxant.com">www.linuxant.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:support@linuxant.com">support@linuxant.com</a>
Dave Driver wrote:
</pre>
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<pre wrap="">I think I finally know what the problem is, at least in my case. Oddly
enough, the problem isn't directly with the Linuxant driver, more of a
problem with my distro, (Gentoo) and probably several others.
After running hsfconfig for the first time, the modem works. All the
modules load correctly. This is good until after the next reboot. Then
on accessing the modem the system goes screwy and tries to load the
modules over and over again, in an alias loop caused by the fragile
contents of /etc/modprobe.conf. However, modprobe.conf on my system
isn't the same as when it was first configured by hsfconfig, and here
lies the problem. During each boot, the /etc/init.d/modules script runs
modules-update. Now I don't think it ought to be doing this for a 2.6.x
system, since modules-update is a 2.4 function. It updates modules.conf
from the contents of the files in modules.d. It also calls another
script that converts modules.conf to modprobe.conf, and this puts a lot
of extra hsf stuff in that isn't meant to be there. I believe that this
conversion from modules.conf to modprobe.conf should only be done once
ever, at the time you upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6.
So my fix is to edit the file /etc/init.d/modules, and comment out the
line that runs modules-update. After that it will work fine.
I'm not sure that I agree with the concept of forcing all the hardware
modules to load on all systems. If I have a system with a PCI modem, I
don't see why I should load up the hsfmc97ich, hsfmc97via, hsfmc97ali,
and hsfusbcd2 modules. There's room for improvement here Linuxant.
Any comments from Linuxant Support?
>
> Igor GomeZZ wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello all...
>>
>> I used the old driver (hsflinmodem-5.03.27.tar.gz) with my old
>> kernel (2.4) with success.
>>
>> But now, with kernel 2.6.8.1 and the newest driver, I'm having
>> problems. When I type "hsfconfig" in terminal, my system crash.
>>
>> Anyone have success with this kernel and this driver?
>>
>> Thanks
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:24:11 +0000
From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:support@linuxant.com"><support@linuxant.com></a>
Subject: Re: [hsflinux] Linuxant Driver no longer working after Suse
        9.0        upgrade
To: Brian Burridge <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brian@burridge.net"><brian@burridge.net></a>
Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com">hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com</a>
Message-ID: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:41403D5B.4070802@linuxant.com"><41403D5B.4070802@linuxant.com></a>
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Hi,
did you remove the pre-compiled RPM before you have installed the
generic RPM? If not, then this is most likely the problem. Please remove
both packages with the following command in a root shell :
---
rpm -e --allmatches driverloader
---
Then, try again to install the generic package and use the 'dldrconfig'
command in a root shell to compile the DriverLoader module.
Regards,
Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.linuxant.com">www.linuxant.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:support@linuxant.com">support@linuxant.com</a>
Brian Burridge wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I've been using Suse 9, 2.4.21-243-default kernel without problems.
Recently I did an upgrade and it looks like I'm now i686 instead of
i586. When I do dldrconfig --auto I get:
Linuxant DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices, version 1.63
No pre-built modules for: SuSE-9.0 linux-2.4.21-243-default i686
Please obtain the appropriate variant of this package for your system
or try the generic RPM or tar version.
So I downloaded the generic rpms and it seemed to install ok, using the
kernel-source package I had installed. However, when I run dldrconfig
--kernel, I get the same message as before (pasted above).
Brian
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:49:08 +0000
From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:support@linuxant.com"><support@linuxant.com></a>
Subject: Re: [hsflinux] problem with install on 2.6.4 system
To: "Robert E. Blair" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:reb@anl.gov"><reb@anl.gov></a>
Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com">hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com</a>
Message-ID: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:41404334.9000201@linuxant.com"><41404334.9000201@linuxant.com></a>
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Hi,
it seems that you have run out of available major device numbers in the
240-249 range, this is probably because Win4Lin uses to much major
numbers in this range.
After you have installed the package, even if it fails with the error
message you have sent us, you could try to edit the file
'/usr/sbin/hsfconfig' and change the allowed range in the
'choose_major()' function. For example, you could change the line :
---
first=240
---
to
---
first=230
---
in this function. It is important to know that if you increase the
range, now some of these major numbers are already attributed to
specific devices so it is possible that it might creates a conflict.
After you have made modifications to the '/usr/sbin/hsfconfig' file,
please run the 'hsfconfig' command in a root shell to complete the
installation.
Please also note that we do not officially supports patched kernels.
Regards,
Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.linuxant.com">www.linuxant.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:support@linuxant.com">support@linuxant.com</a>
Robert E. Blair wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I'm running RHEL 3 with a custom 2.6.4 kernel (I need ACPI support and a
custom software package that requires a module that is prebuilt). When
I try to install the hsfmodem rpm it fails (see below). What are my
options?
[root@pclap34 tmp]# rpm -Uvh hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full-1.i386.rpm
warning: hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature:
NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
1:hsfmodem ###########################################
[100%]
Conexant HSF softmodem driver, version 6.03.00lnxt04082400full
If you need license keys, assistance or more information, please go to:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxant.com/">http://www.linuxant.com/</a>
When reporting a problem for the first time, please send
us the file generated by "hsfconfig --dumpdiag".
Warning: existing driver modules found under:
/lib/modules/2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB/misc/
No pre-built modules for: RedHat-3 linux-2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB
i686
Trying to automatically build the driver modules...
(this requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed)
Building modules for kernel 2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB, using
source directory
/lib/modules/2.6.4-03-NeTraverse-i686-UP-4GB/build. Please wait...
done.
/usr/sbin/hsfconfig: Cannot find major device number for hsfdcp in range
240-249error: %post(hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full-1) scriptlet
failed, exit status 1[root@pclap34 tmp]#
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