Linux modem stuff..
Wow.. what an epic journey. I have a Dell D620 laptop and running Intrepid (Ubuntu 8.10) on it.
The problem is that the modem is not detected normally and the downloads from various places do not cater for the type of modem installed.
My modem had the following: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0572:1321 Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc
To get this to work, you need to have the following:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/dgc/downloads-installer.php
It turns out the modem is not of the HSF variety but a DGC variety (Although it eventually installs the HSF drivers) Some ALSA stuff is required as well, but the installer will take care of that..
The normal HSF drivers will NOT work. Trust me…
HOWTO:
How to detect the modem and install the driver using the installer
* Download the installation program (cnxtinstall.run)
* Open a terminal window. (If you don’t know how to do this, press ALT-F2 and in the dialog box that will appear, try entering one of the following commands: xterm or konsole or gnome-terminal)
* Use the cd command to access the directory where the cnxtinstall.run file was downloaded.
* Finally, enter the sh cnxtinstall.run command to run the installer.
At each prompt, choose ‘Yes’ and let the script run, it will download the appropriate software etc.
Once it has finished, run hsfconfig as root
sudo hsfconfig
Choose the right country [UK] and let it finish.
The modem should now work..
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