Re: sound card not detected
From Rob:
> Have you run 'updatedb' lately (or through cron), such that 'locate'
> database is up to date?
YES. I have done.
From Boyd:
That's because you don't have the right kernel package installed. Please
run:
aptitude search '^linux-image-.*-686$'
and post the output to the list.
aptitude search '^linux-image-.*-686$'
i linux-image-2.6-686 - Linux 2.6
image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
p linux-image-2.6-openvz-686 - Linux 2.6
image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4, OpenVZ support
p linux-image-2.6-vserver-686 - Linux 2.6
image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4, Linux-VServer suppor
p linux-image-2.6-xen-686 - Linux 2.6
image on i686, oldstyle Xen support
i A linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 - Linux
2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
p linux-image-2.6.26-1-openvz-686 - Linux
2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4, OpenVZ support
p linux-image-2.6.26-1-vserver-686 - Linux
2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4, Linux-VServer sup
p linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-686 - Linux
2.6.26 image on i686, oldstyle Xen support
p linux-image-openvz-686 - Linux
image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4, OpenVZ support
p linux-image-vserver-686 - Linux
image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4, Linux-VServer support
p linux-image-xen-686 - Linux
image on i686, oldstyle Xen support
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I tried this, too.
I think a remove then install would work - how to do it in a safe/normal
way?
aptitude reinstall linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and
330 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
E: I wasn't able to locate file for the linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
Writing extended state information... Done
E: I wasn't able to locate file for the linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download
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