The simple fact that I didn't catch that in the previous e-mail should indicate what a greenhorn I still am. Many thanks, Jacques! On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Folks, > > Hard to believe but to copy a file the Linux command is > cp name-to-be-copied-from name-to-be-copied-to > where the space (one blank is enough, but no blank is not) after cp > separates from the infile name and the space after the infile name > separates it from the oufile name. > Thus > sudo cp *.ko/lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ > will try to copy the file > *.ko/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/extra/ > which sure enouch does not exist to an unspecified destination ... > as the message says: > *.ko/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/extra/ > > So please do > cp *.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ > (one blank at each space is enough). > > Jacques > > Mark Hinchliff wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> This is my third post. This time I worked of the agrsm drivers howto. >> >> I downloaded an installed on my desktop >> agrsm-ubuntu8.04.1-2.6.24-19-generic. >> >> Following the howto instructions, I then skipped to its step 7. Step 7.1 >> went fine. >> >> At step 7.2. "sudo cp *.ko/lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/", >> I received the following message: >> >> c*.ko/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/extra/ >> >> I wasn't sure how to proceed. >> If it's any help, I also took step 1 in the howto instructions for agrsm >> drivers. I ran the command "cat /proc/asound/version", and I received >> exactly the output that appears in bold below in the howto, that is, the two >> lines that begin "Advanced Linux . . .". >> >> I hope someone will be able to look at my three posts today, and suggest a >> way forward. >> >> Thanks very much, >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >