[gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Henti Smith]

Hi all 

I cannot find driver support for Conexant hsf modems in the standard kernel .. is there an ebuild or somthing that I can find
I need this to get online for the installation of my box at home 

any suggestions ? 

henti 

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RE: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Yavor Goulishev]

Hi Henti,
there is an ebuild called hsflinmodem .
The latest version 5.03.27 is masked but you can use 5.03.03.
Or try directly the ebuild script of 5.03.27 from the portage tree.
One hint:
  emerge pciutils before hsflinmodem.
  This will help the hsflinmodem to correctly find your PCI slots.
  Otherwise you should manually give the ids to the installation.

Best Regards, Yavor Goulishev

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henti Smith [mailto:bain@tcsn.co.za]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:21 PM
> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem
> 
> 
> Hi all 
> 
> I cannot find driver support for Conexant hsf modems in the 
> standard kernel .. is there an ebuild or somthing that I can find
> I need this to get online for the installation of my box at home 
> 
> any suggestions ? 
> 
> henti 
> 
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RE: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Yavor Goulishev]

Hi Henti,
You can use emerge -f <package> to download the source.
Also you can use emerge -p -f <package> to get the URLs.
The emerge <package> command looks for the files downloaded in
$DISTDIR which can be set in /etc/make.conf and by default
point to /usr/portage/distfiles.
So you can download the files the way you want (event on other machine)and then
copy them in $DISTDIR .The emerge will find them ;-))

Best Regards, Yavor Goulishev

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henti Smith [mailto:bain@tcsn.co.za]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:46 PM
> To: Yavor Goulishev
> Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem
> 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:23:06 +0200
> "Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Henti,
> > there is an ebuild called hsflinmodem .
> > The latest version 5.03.27 is masked but you can use 5.03.03.
> > Or try directly the ebuild script of 5.03.27 from the portage tree.
> > One hint:
> >   emerge pciutils before hsflinmodem.
> >   This will help the hsflinmodem to correctly find your PCI slots.
> >   Otherwise you should manually give the ids to the installation.
> 
> I found the ebuild thanks :) 
> 
>  the problem Is I need the drivers to get online to install 
> gentoo *smile* 
> hence the question on how to recommend getting . can I just 
> grab all the stuff from another machine and put on CD and 
> after install emerge the ebuild .. 
> not sure... *sigh* 
> 
> henti 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Henti Smith]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:23:06 +0200
"Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:

> Hi Henti,
> there is an ebuild called hsflinmodem .
> The latest version 5.03.27 is masked but you can use 5.03.03.
> Or try directly the ebuild script of 5.03.27 from the portage tree.
> One hint:
>   emerge pciutils before hsflinmodem.
>   This will help the hsflinmodem to correctly find your PCI slots.
>   Otherwise you should manually give the ids to the installation.

I found the ebuild thanks :) 

 the problem Is I need the drivers to get online to install gentoo *smile* 
hence the question on how to recommend getting . can I just grab all the stuff from another machine and put on CD and after install emerge the ebuild .. 
not sure... *sigh* 

henti 

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Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Henti Smith]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:43:24 +0200
"Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:

> Hi Henti,
> You can use emerge -f <package> to download the source.
> Also you can use emerge -p -f <package> to get the URLs.
> The emerge <package> command looks for the files downloaded in
> $DISTDIR which can be set in /etc/make.conf and by default
> point to /usr/portage/distfiles.
> So you can download the files the way you want (event on other machine)and then
> copy them in $DISTDIR .The emerge will find them ;-))

need modem drivers to get online ... 

even only to get ebuilds ... this is for a machine I want to install 
there is no installed machine already ... 

so it's a chicken and eg problem 

Henti 

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RE: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Yavor Goulishev]

Hi Henti,
You should brake this circle causing the chicken egg problem  ;-)).
The solution is to have a machine with internet connection.
Never mind what OS. Use this machine to download the modem module source.
Then copy the source on the gentoo machine in the $DISTDIR directory.
Now you will be able to emerge and configure the modem module.

Best Regards, Yavor Goulishev

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henti Smith [mailto:bain@tcsn.co.za]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:59 PM
> To: Yavor Goulishev
> Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem
> 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:43:24 +0200
> "Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Henti,
> > You can use emerge -f <package> to download the source.
> > Also you can use emerge -p -f <package> to get the URLs.
> > The emerge <package> command looks for the files downloaded in
> > $DISTDIR which can be set in /etc/make.conf and by default
> > point to /usr/portage/distfiles.
> > So you can download the files the way you want (event on 
> other machine)and then
> > copy them in $DISTDIR .The emerge will find them ;-))
> 
> need modem drivers to get online ... 
> 
> even only to get ebuilds ... this is for a machine I want to install 
> there is no installed machine already ... 
> 
> so it's a chicken and eg problem 
> 
> Henti 
> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Henti Smith]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:00:01 +0200
"Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:

> Hi Henti,
> You should brake this circle causing the chicken egg problem  ;-)).
> The solution is to have a machine with internet connection.
> Never mind what OS. Use this machine to download the modem module source.
> Then copy the source on the gentoo machine in the $DISTDIR directory.
> Now you will be able to emerge and configure the modem module.

Thats what I'm trying.

I have machines here at office with net connection.
the only way I can get the ebuild to work is to havea functional 
portage directory. 

I can tar up the current one on machine and copy to new install machine and do it that way.
just copying the source and running emerge as you suggested won't help, since you need a net connection 
to emerge rsync to create a portage tree.

I also don't have a CD writer to cut a CD with to transport from machine on net to machine at home.
the only way is to download on net machine and remove hdd and take to home machine which I cannot do either because it's
a functional server. I don't have machines I can switch off.

I have asked in a mail to user list regarding the same problem if there is a way to compile the module for the driver 
on a machine for the liveCD as this would be smaller and more portable "32 MB usb drive" or something I can arrange.
but would be so much easer to have a repostry of liveCD modules that are not on the CD. (tho personally I think the liveCD 
should have all possible modules included.

I'll find a way to do this .. but it is a mission and a pain.

Henti 

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RE: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Yavor Goulishev]

Instead of emerge rsync 
you can download the latest snapshot of portage from http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/snapshots/ .
For today it is portage-20030208.tar.bz2 (the size is 7MB)
Than copy this to the gentoo machine and untar in /usr directory.

Best Regards, Yavor Goulishev


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henti Smith [mailto:bain@tcsn.co.za]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:23 PM
> To: Yavor Goulishev
> Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem
> 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:00:01 +0200
> "Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Henti,
> > You should brake this circle causing the chicken egg problem  ;-)).
> > The solution is to have a machine with internet connection.
> > Never mind what OS. Use this machine to download the modem 
> module source.
> > Then copy the source on the gentoo machine in the $DISTDIR 
> directory.
> > Now you will be able to emerge and configure the modem module.
> 
> Thats what I'm trying.
> 
> I have machines here at office with net connection.
> the only way I can get the ebuild to work is to havea functional 
> portage directory. 
> 
> I can tar up the current one on machine and copy to new 
> install machine and do it that way.
> just copying the source and running emerge as you suggested 
> won't help, since you need a net connection 
> to emerge rsync to create a portage tree.
> 
> I also don't have a CD writer to cut a CD with to transport 
> from machine on net to machine at home.
> the only way is to download on net machine and remove hdd and 
> take to home machine which I cannot do either because it's
> a functional server. I don't have machines I can switch off.
> 
> I have asked in a mail to user list regarding the same 
> problem if there is a way to compile the module for the driver 
> on a machine for the liveCD as this would be smaller and more 
> portable "32 MB usb drive" or something I can arrange.
> but would be so much easer to have a repostry of liveCD 
> modules that are not on the CD. (tho personally I think the liveCD 
> should have all possible modules included.
> 
> I'll find a way to do this .. but it is a mission and a pain.
> 
> Henti 
> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[William Kenworthy]

Dont see why not: build a minimal system on another machine and tar it
across to the new one, or install from a stage 3 tarball (isnt that on
the livecd these days for non-network building anyway?), add the modem
stuff and rebuild when convenient.

BillK

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 19:22, Henti Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:00:01 +0200
> "Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Henti,
> > You should brake this circle causing the chicken egg problem  ;-)).
> > The solution is to have a machine with internet connection.
> > Never mind what OS. Use this machine to download the modem module source.
> > Then copy the source on the gentoo machine in the $DISTDIR directory.
> > Now you will be able to emerge and configure the modem module.
> 
> Thats what I'm trying.
> 
> I have machines here at office with net connection.
> the only way I can get the ebuild to work is to havea functional 
> portage directory. 
> 
> I can tar up the current one on machine and copy to new install machine and do it that way.
> just copying the source and running emerge as you suggested won't help, since you need a net connection 
> to emerge rsync to create a portage tree.
> 
> I also don't have a CD writer to cut a CD with to transport from machine on net to machine at home.
> the only way is to download on net machine and remove hdd and take to home machine which I cannot do either because it's
> a functional server. I don't have machines I can switch off.
> 
> I have asked in a mail to user list regarding the same problem if there is a way to compile the module for the driver 
> on a machine for the liveCD as this would be smaller and more portable "32 MB usb drive" or something I can arrange.
> but would be so much easer to have a repostry of liveCD modules that are not on the CD. (tho personally I think the liveCD 
> should have all possible modules included.
> 
> I'll find a way to do this .. but it is a mission and a pain.
> 
> Henti 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem

[Henti Smith]

On 10 Feb 2003 19:29:47 +0800
William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Dont see why not: build a minimal system on another machine and tar it
> across to the new one, or install from a stage 3 tarball (isnt that on
> the livecd these days for non-network building anyway?), add the modem
> stuff and rebuild when convenient.

The problem is not impossible to overcome on my side.
but the problem remains that most people will not have any other
network connection but a modem.

having the pp tools is all wel and good but if there is no modem drivers on the liveCD then whats the point.
To solve my problem I have to copy the portage tree and source for pciutils and modem on a usb device to my home machine.

Not everybody have big expecive network toys or lines to get things. there are people that will use a cheap modem that needs additional drivers and they won't have access 
to any other internet machine to compile additional drivers on etc etc 

Henti 

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