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On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:53, kadim martana wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>I've just went through Mr. Carr suggestion:<BR>
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1. Checking the modem: it is a HSF 56k HSFi Modem; the kernel of mandrake is 2.4.21-0.13mdk. Downloaded the hsflinmodem driver from linuxant for the corespond kernel.<BR>
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2. I renamed the driver into "hsflinmodem.rpm" burned into cd (doing that under windows).<BR>
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Try to install the driver ;Turn on my mandrake; Going to Mandrake Control Center<BR>
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3 Open the Console (Is it similar as the terminal? )</I></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="3">console is the same thing as terminal<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>4.On the localhost... type su -<BR>
it says local host/root (forget..) and try to type .. <BR>
cd rpm -i hsfmodem driver etc. ...finally all failed..<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="3">What went wrong (ie: all error messages/problems)?<BR>
Did the rpm install stuff up, or couldn't you connect using mandake's internet wizard?<BR>
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Okay, step 4 is like this:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="3"><copy the file to your home directory (/home/username) ><BR>
<Load the console></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="3">su -<BR>
cd /home/</FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="3"><username></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="3">rpm -i hsflinmodem.rpm<BR>
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