On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 10:21 +0000, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> Hi,
>> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Gerard Cunningham wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 08:08 +0000, John Allen wrote:
>> > > The upgrade did not install linux-ubuntu-modules, therefore no sound device.
> > >
> > > Make sure the correct linux-ubuntu-modules for you installed kernel is
> > > installed.
> >
> > OK. Now how do I do that?
> >
> > I'm an end user beginner, I'm afraid you're going to have to spell out
> > the command for me (literally)
>> If you're a beginner, you're probably better off using Synaptic, under
> System->Administration. The commands are great, but you'll get more
> mileage initially from synaptic.
>> I'd suggest searching for a package called linux-ubuntu-modules. There
> will be several search matches, you want (I think) the -2.6.27-XX-generic
> one. If it's already installed, the problem may lie elsewhere.
Synaptic shows that linux-ubuntu-modules-2.26.24-21-386 is installed.
There is no linux-ubuntu-modules.2.6.27* available to install in
Synaptic.
sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules returns the message "E:
Couldn't find package linux-ubuntu-modules
Any further suggestions?
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