vi submit.this steve-desktop:~/scanmodem3.dir> less !$ less fg fg: No such file or directory steve-desktop:~/scanmodem3.dir> less submit.this steve-desktop:~/scanmodem3.dir> vi !$ vi submit.this steve-desktop:~/scanmodem3.dir> cat !$ cat submit.this Hello, Seeking advice/help/pointer to useful documentation, for installing the alsa* package on a Pentium4 running Ubuntu 8.0.4, for the purpose of then installing hsf* package thereafter; the hsf* package says that the alsa* package is a prerequisite. Had previously succeeded at installing the hsf* package, under Ubuntu 7.0.4 on a different partition on the same PC; and have no trouble using the modem to connect to the internet, while under Ubuntu 7.0.4 on this PC. Under Ubuntu 8.0.4, 'uname -r' says: 2.6.24-16-generic ; this stems from an installation done from a linuxcentral Ubuntu 8.0.4 DVD, with absolutely zero subsequent updates..._cannot_ update, because cannot get the modem to work, because hsf* package cannot be installed, because alsa* package cannot be installed, because 'libc6-dev' and 'patch' are not part of vanilla Ubuntu 8.0.4: "For want of a nail..." Here is what the commands and their outputs looked like: # dpkg -i hsf*deb # (Reading database ... 99233 files and directories currently installed.) # Preparing to replace hsfmodem 7.68.00.12full-k2.6.24-20-386-1.ubuntu (using hsfmodem_7.68.00.12full_k2.6.24_20_generic_ubuntu_i386.deb) ... # Unpacking replacement hsfmodem ... # dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hsfmodem: # hsfmodem depends on alsa-driver-linuxant; however: # Package alsa-driver-linuxant is not configured yet. # dpkg: error processing hsfmodem (--install): # dependency problems - leaving unconfigured # Errors were encountered while processing: # hsfmodem # # dpkg -i alsa*deb # (Reading database ... 99233 files and directories currently installed.) # Preparing to replace alsa-driver-linuxant 1.0.17.4-1 (using alsa-driver-linuxant_1.0.17.4-1_all.deb) ... # Unpacking replacement alsa-driver-linuxant ... # dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of alsa-driver-linuxant: # alsa-driver-linuxant depends on libc6-dev; however: # Package libc6-dev is not installed. # alsa-driver-linuxant depends on patch; however: # Package patch is not installed. # dpkg: error processing alsa-driver-linuxant (--install): # dependency problems - leaving unconfigured # Errors were encountered while processing: # alsa-driver-linuxant Although I was able to grab the hsf* and alsa* packages from the usual places on the web while running my modem under Ubuntu 7.0.4, I am enough of an Ubuntu greenhorn that I have no idea where or how to grab the 'libc6-dev' and 'patch' packages in dpkg format while under Ubuntu 7.0.4. If I did know where&how to grab them, I could then copy them to the Ubuntu 8.0.4 partiton, much as I did for the alsa package itself; and install them using 'dpkg -i libc6-dev' and 'dpkg -i patch'. Unfortunately, all the utilities I've looked at (synaptic, apt-get, etc.) all seem to grab the packages and then put them somewhere that I don't know where it is...or perhaps even use them and then discard them? Unsure. I must say I am surprised that whoever cooked up the alsa* package made it dependent on 'libc6-dev' and 'patch' despite the fact that these two packages are not native to Ubuntu 8.0.4. This introduces a chicken-and-egg challenge into attempts to get the modem working under 8.0.4. Or am I overlooking some simple step that in general, Ubuntu users would already know about? The one thing I am hoping I do not hear, is that Ubuntu 8.0.4 cannot be made to work with this modem. :-) Thanks, Steve
