> > Or if you could get your hands on the Suse 9.1 professional distro > > which some PLUG members have I believe that has some modem drivers > > including a full-speed conexant one... > > > > HTH > > > All the drivers for PC-Tel that are available at linmodems.org seem to > be for Kernel 2.4.* only. I'm using Mandrake 10 on kernel 2.6.3 and > can't find the drivers for HSP56 Micromodem. What are the options I > have? Should I install an older version of Linux for 2.4 kernel? Or is > compiling the kernel a better option?
I faced the same problem last week installing Suse 9.1 on a friend's computer that has the same HSP56 Micromodem. I followed links on linmodems org or googled, can't remember which for a solution. As of last week there was no functional driver for the 2.6 kernel. It is being worked on but from what I read it does not seem it will be ready in the very near future. I'm virtually certain that recompiling your kernel will not help since it is the driver that has to be recompiled and worked on to work with the new kernel. The source code for drivers for hsf conexant modems are on the Suse 9.1 CD's (professional). What I did with my friend was to switch the pctel modem from one of his computers and took a D-link modem (it also has a connexant chipset) from another computer. I downloaded the free linuxant drivers temporarily, but I will compile the driver later. I think I read somewhere that you could install the 2.4 kernel on Suse 9.1 as an option (keeping the 2.6) and using the functional pctel driver with the 2.4 until the new one for the 2.6 is available. I'm not sure whether this is viable with Mandrake 10 or not. Suse 9.0 comes with both the 2.4 and the 2.6 kernels. Hope this helps. Gus. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
