[CLUE-Tech] Libranet 2.8 and an HSF Winmodem

[David Anselmi]

Chuck Downing wrote:
[...]
> I then went to the Linuxant web site and learned that they recognize
> it as an HSF modem and recommend hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt03091800free
> before buying their $20 driver.

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html is light on info for your 
laptop, but similar model numbers suggest that the Linuxant driver is 
the right direction.

> I have tried every possible combination of 
> hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt03091800free in rpm, deb and tar.gz.  They all fail 
> because, apparently, Libranet doesn't set up the kernel libraries and 
> headers in a standard way.  At the suggestion of Linuxant's make files, 
> I have even tried recompiling the Libranet 2.4.20 kernel.  This fails 
> with a kernel panic on start-up.  As a long-time computer jock, but 
> Linux newbie, I have run out of ideas.

The deb file is most likely to work since Libranet is based on Debian.

What output do the dpkg -i and hsfconfig commands produce when you 
install (I assume you're following this:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/install.php)?  It would seem that 
these two are all that are required.

If you can't get the .deb to work, you need to provide the error 
messages from the make install command.

Dave