How to activate a HSF modem?

markw8500 · 08-27-2005, 02:43 PM

I am running Fedora 2.6.11 FC4 and I am trying to activate my HSF modem. I have the generic driver which I downloaded from Linuxant.com... When I 'make' the driver, it all goes smooth, until the end. I get "Error. Hsf driver not active"

Any Suggestions...

ag2uki · 08-28-2005, 09:28 PM

why did you choose generic driver?
try to use the driver that most suitable to your distro & kernel architecture.
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php

markw8500 · 08-29-2005, 11:46 AM

I had to use the generic driver because I am running Fedora FC4-x86_64... The driver is listed at the bottom of your link.

whencat · 08-29-2005, 12:34 PM

Make sure your modem is seated firmly in the PCI slot. Type lspci to see whether an entrry such as "Communication Controller" exists.

And i think u need to run a program called 'hsfconfig' after u hav compiled the drivers. To see where it resides type

locate hsfconfig

it will guide u thru the rest of the setup.
FYI, hsfconfig is bundlled with the drivers.

markw8500 · 08-29-2005, 12:59 PM

When I use the hsfconfig, everything goes fairly smooth... But at the end I get:
"Error: HSF driver not active"

What seems to be the problem is that my driver cannot find my modem... It is very odd, because every my modem is recognized everywhere else...(lspci)

I donno...

refdoc · 08-29-2005, 03:17 PM

You need to see whether your driver is looking atthe right place.

markw8500 · 08-29-2005, 03:28 PM

How do I do that...

Braveheart1980 · 01-04-2006, 06:30 PM

I am having the exact same problem with my hsf conexant modem under suse 10. 64bit!

Have u came up with any solution?

markw8500 · 01-07-2006, 04:59 PM

Ya... DSL...

I tried everything in the world to get a pci modem to work. I bought 2 different types and I could not get either of them to work... Finally I gave up and switched to DSL... Oh well... If you do get it to work, I would appreciate it if you would let me know...

Thanks...