Dell Conexant Modem Driver for Linux(Debian, Redhat)

Dell has released a version of HSF Modem Driver for linux that is fully compatible with dell laptops.

You can download the driver here .

But if you upgrade an Ubuntu 7.04 installation to Ubuntu 7.10, your modem will no longer work.

But take it easy download the new driver hsfmodem_7.60.00.18oem_i386.deb, which has been tested and qualified for Ubuntu 7.10. If you upgraded from Ubuntu 7.04, uninstall the linux-backports-modules package or the driver will not work; linux-backports-modules was installed in Ubuntu 7.04 to provide a fix for a different issue and is not required in Ubuntu 7.10.

• NOTE: After installing the modem driver, you might get a pop-up window telling you that the Volume Control has quit unexpectedly and asks you to reload (or not reload) the panel. Click on Reload. Afterwards, the sound icon on the top right corner of the screen changes to “mute”, but sound should be OK. A logout/login or GDM restart clears the issue. This issue happens because the modem driver lays down its own set of sound codecs and unloads the snd-hda-intel module during the installation process.