[ltp] Z60m internal Conexant HSF Modem

[Duncan Anderson]

On Sunday, 5 February 2006 18:17, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * duncangareth@yahoo.co.uk <duncangareth@yahoo.co.uk> [2006 Feb 05 09:38 
-0600]:
> > Greetings
> >
> > I have been having problems getting the Conexant HSF internal modem in my
> > Z60m to work under Mandriva 2006.0. I have installed the relevant
> > hsfmodem kernel modules and the utilities, but whenever I try to access
> > the modem via kppp's "query modem" function, I get the message "modem
> > busy". I suspect that this is a bogus message, because it occurs whether
> > I use /dev/ttySHSF[0123] or /dev/ttyS[0123] or /dev/modem.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience of getting these lame winmodem devices to
> > work? I should like to dispense with my trusty PCMCIA Xircom
> > Ethernet/Modem combo card, because whenever I plug it in, I lose the
> > Thinkpad's internal ethernet interface for some reason. Ultimately I
> > should like to use the modem and the ethernet interface that come with
> > the machine.
>
> I had to set kppp to use Soft IRQ (XON/XOFF) for it to work on my T42
> and kernel 2.6.14.  I documented this on the hsfmodem mailing list, but
> so far haven't received confirmation that they've figured out a fix.
>
> Since doing the above the modem has been reliable with no apparent
> sacrifice of speed.
>
> - Nate >>
Thanks for the suggestion, Nate. I shall try something along those lines. 
(When I've finished this login session using my trusty Xircom!) 
Unfortunately, I live in a dialup-only part of the world, so a modem is a 
fairly essential piece of equipment. I wish I had access to broadband!

regards
Duncan

		
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