Hi Guys
after I downloaded the driver for conexnt chipset which was an rpm package ,I ran it on Mandrake 9.0 and the modem driver is supposed to be installed
I choose ttys0 and typed kpp and the window of the dial up appeared
now when I click to connect the log viewer keeps a message saying ' logging in' and the mouse stops responding and nothing happen for a long time until I press 'Alt+F4' to terminate so I cant connect to the network

Originally posted by ehabmhg
Hi Guys
after I downloaded the driver for conexnt chipset which was an rpm package ,I ran it on Mandrake 9.0 and the modem driver is supposed to be installed
I choose ttys0 and typed kpp and the window of the dial up appeared
now when I click to connect the log viewer keeps a message saying ' logging in' and the mouse stops responding and nothing happen for a long time until I press 'Alt+del' to terminate so I cant connect to the network

Salamo 3alaikom,

My experience with this type of modem states that the modem has a device created in /dev that is different from ttyS0 or ttyS1 ,...etc. Please try to search the forum for Conexant. Tell us if your mouse is a serial, PS/2 or USB one, this might help as well. By the way, in Linux ALT+CTRL+DEL doesn't lead to a dialog box like in Windows. You can simply switch to a Virtual console (using ALT+CTRL+F1 or F2 ....F7) login with your account on console and then type top and kill the appropriate task that you suspect to be hanging.

Salam.

The driver is in dev/ttys0 as I know
and the mouse is a netscroll-serial mouse from Genius

Originally posted by ehabmhg
The driver is in dev/ttys0 as I know
and the mouse is a netscroll-serial mouse from Genius

Salamo 3alaikom,

My guess is that the /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/ttyS0 that is why the mouse hangs when you connect the modem to the same device. Well try to get the driver as source not as rpm and read the README within the uncompressed source. You will find that the script done by the developers initiates the devices for HCF and HSF chipsets modems as /dev/***hcf and /dev/???hsf respectively. That is what I know again. Please do as I told you and read the README in the source conexant drivers.

Salam.

Excuse me but I am a very weak user
I downloaded the source code with a .tar.gz extension and I dont know how to open it in my mandrake 9.0, when I click on it it show me a folder which when opened reveal many files and I dont know which to choose
also I want to say that I tried to choose \ttys1\ and the window of connection keeps a message saying 'initializing' and nothing happened but the good thing is that the mouse didnt stop and it worked nice
I dont know the difference between com1 and com2 and I dont know the difference between ttys0 & ttys1

type
ls /dev/*[Hh][Cc][Ff]*
ls /dev/*[Hh][Ss][Ff]*
and use them (not /dev/ttyS0)
to know which to choose 0 1 2 3
what are you useing in windows (the COM1 -> 0, com2 -> 1)
to know that click on the modem in windows control panel
and see it

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.tar.gz or .tgz are compressed/archive like .zip files (.tar makes a folder one file, and .gz make it smaller/compressed)
you can right click extract here
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then click on the new folder then read the README file there
goto the tools-menu/file-menu (or other I can't remember ) and click on open in terminal
then type:
su root
and do what you are told in the README some thing like
./configure
make
make install

Salamo 3alaikom,

Out of topic, Read rute.pdf. It is a marvellous book. It helps you in knowing linux more.

Most compressed files in linux world are done with gzip or more recently with bzip. They are packed as well with tar. The tar program can do the 2 jobs of decompression and unpacking for the packages you like. I advise you to read the tar info page (type at terminal: info tar).

Your conexant modem script whether hsflinmodem or hcflinmodem should install a device entry in /dev so you should do what ErrorMsg suggesting. Final thing is to use that found file with you internet dialer program be it wvdial, Kppp,....etc.

Salam.

sorry guys but I still need your help
when I tried to open the file 'setup' in terminal a message appeared like this
undecodable token:\001b(hex)[361
and when I typed ls /dev/*[Hh][Cc][Ff]*
or
ls /dev/*[Hh][Ss][Ff]*
amessage saying "no such fie or directory " though I did install the file

Salamo 3alaikom,

Man this is tiring. I don't recall a setup file within the packages hcflinmodem or hsflinmodem. When u setup either package from source you get a script that is not named setup by any means. I don't know where from did u get those names. There is a possibility that the scripts weren't run at all from the rpm version. Try to run it yourself manually.

Salam.

ttys0 is used by the mouse coz ur mouse is
installed in com1
try ttys1

trying any thing won't help
the mouse is on ttys0 so trying ttys1 is not the solution
and the modem is in ttys2 trying ttys1 won't help
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many years ago (before I know linux) I had a cirrus logic internal modem (but a real one) that use COM3 when I use the modem
the mouse hang (mouse on com1) this due to the fact that com1,3
has thing in common (com2,4 also)
so to solve your problem you need to use other device than the normal serial 3rd device (in linux ttys2)
so use ttyHCF0 or ttyHCF2 or ttyHSF0 or ttyHSF2
to see them -AFTER installing the driver- type
cd /dev
ls *[Hh][cCSs][Ff]*

by link it to /dev/modem
su root
cd /dev
ln -s device-name-you-see modem
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now how to get/install the driver and what to do with it
goto the www.linuxant.com/drivers
then download the rpm driver to your system
to know your system type
uname -a
uname -r
or download the .tar.gz or .tgz file
to use the rpm type
rpm -Uvh --force filename
to use the tar.gz or .tgz
right click it then take extract then goto that folder
then take open in terminal -from file menu or tools menu-
or open a terminal and type
cd folder/name
then read the README file by typing
kate README &
do what it say it will be something like this
su root
be sure you are in the correct folder then
./configure
make
make install

the 1st and 3rd serial devices have the same IRQ, so to solve your problem just move the mouse to the second serial device ttyS1/COM2 or mess around with IRQ settings in your BIOS setup.

cheers,
Alaa

the modem worked at last
simply I entered mandrake control center and changed the setup of the mouse and the modem
just made every drive on a separate gate (com 1 and com2)
thanks to every one for his help