SoulSe Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Linuxant have started charging for their conexant modem drivers for Linux. They do offer a free version of the drivers, but they limit the modem's speed to 14.4 - useless. The windows drivers are free! Of course, they are produced by the manufacturer and are not third party, so I guess I do understand this. Anyway, if you don't want to pay for the drivers, I've found the free driver source, which you can download here: HCF Drivers -or- HSF Drivers Download the hcf or hsf according to your setup and install as follows (you must have the kernel source installed): $ tar -xzf package.tar.gz $ cd /directory_that_was_created $ su <passwd> # make install # hsfconfig _or_ hcfconfig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 I've got the .src.rpm if you'd like that as well ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Thanks SoulSe and Bvc ! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600-1.src.rpm is what I have. I am very limited on server space (I only get 5MB). So if someone wants to host it that'd be great!. Otherwise I will have to put it up when someone requests it and that's if I have the available space, then remove it in case I need the space :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Put it in geektyme server? I'm not sure whether anon allows putting that in the mandrakeusers server. You can ask him of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 well it is source, no? just because it's not available now doesn't mean it wasn't, no? I don't even know if it was ever gpl. Can't be assumed that it was just because the source was made available. There are a few reasons why that may have happened. Either way, we aren't contributing to someones efforts. IMO, if you start a project with the intent to benefit the linux community either finish it or pass it on. Don't pull back and charge $. Don't have the time? Get help or pass it on. There's always people looking to contrib, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted December 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2003 Hey bvc, I'll host that src RPM - it seems to be a later version then the one I put up there. DCC it to me next time we're in #musb together, or PM me and I'll organise for you to upload it or something, I'm sure tyme won't mind me pasting it in my space on his server ;) For those of you wondering: the free drivers from Linuxant work great, but limit you to 14.4 - so if you're happy with that speed then go for it. The official, full-featured drivers go for around $14, which isn't too bad, but Linux is about choice and I see no problems with using the source from when the drivers were free. NOTE: Linuxant Drivers for Mandrake 9.2 give problems when configuring, I found that the source rpms worked better anyway ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino_bosnia Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Download the hcf or hsf according to your setup and install as follows (you must have the kernel source installed): $ tar -xzf package.tar.gz<!--QuoteEBegin-->$ cd /directory_that_was_created<!--QuoteEBegin-->$ su<!--QuoteEBegin--><passwd><!--QuoteEBegin--># make install<!--QuoteEBegin--># hsfconfig _or_ hcfconfig<!--QuoteEBegin--> I did use those HSF drivers and I got this ..... common.mak:11: *** Is the kernel-source package installed? KERNELSRC does not point to a proper directory (/lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/build). Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dino/hsflinmodem-5.03.27/modules' make: *** [install] Error 2 How will I install kernel source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 find the kernel-source for 2.4.22-10mdk>download it to your home dir>su to root>and install with rpm -ivh kernel-source<version>.i586.mdk.rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino_bosnia Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Tnx BVC, I will try to find and download kernel rpm Can someone email me RPM drivers, or show me a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 bvc, go upload the src.rpm on my site, im going to add something to the site on linmodems sometime. http://aslan.no-ip.com/~iphitus/linux/upload.php You dont need to register and i have tested it. It works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 (edited) it's uploaded (hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600-1.src.rpm -1.6MB) Download it to your home dir>su to root>rpmbuild --rebuild hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600-1.src.rpm If all goes well you should find an rpm in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586 and actually see a line that says:Wrote /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/hsflinmodem<version>.rpm. Then do rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600-1.i586.rpm (if that's what it ends up being called....been a while so I don't remmeber) To find the kernel-source, go http://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/ enter kernel-source to get http://speakeasy.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/ma...10mdk.i586.html another good place to search for rpm's is http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/2/simple/2 Edited January 3, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino_bosnia Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 I did compile that source but when I use hsfconfig I cant set bosnia for my country?!? Will I have those problems with this RPM?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino_bosnia Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 it's uploaded (hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600-1.src.rpm -1.6MB) Download it to your home dir>su to root>rpmbuild --rebuild hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600-1.src.rpm and where is it? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 iphitus is gonna have to wake up and make it available. In Aulstralia I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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