Oops, sorry, small mistake.
The right command to type is not
sudo dpkg -1 intel537ep-intrepid_2-Philippe.Vouters_i386.deb | tee sf.txt
but
sudo dpkg -1 intel537ep-intrepid_2-Philippe.Vouters_i386.deb 2>&1 |
tee sf.txt
What 2>&1 does is to merge "standard error" messages (file handle 2)
with "standard output" (file handle 1) before passing the text to
command "tee".
Jacques
Jacques Goldberg wrote:
Lawson and Steve,
I know very little about Ubuntu and Debian systems: I use RPM systems
based on RedHat, quite different from yours.
Nevertheless, I want to try to help you, no promise to succeed.
You will have to cooperate quite a bit.
All the following is to be done using kernel 2.6.28-15
First of all, could both of you run scanModem and send me the file
ModemData.txt generated by scanModem?
Steve, we need the complete file which often contains critical
information believed to be irrelevant by beginners.
We do not need the other files coming along with ModemData.txt
Next, please give the command
ls -l /usr/src/linux > sf-kernels.txt (Lawson, please name
it lb-kernels.txt to help me identify) and send me
that output sf-kernels.txt as well.
Next, Steve quotes having successfully used the following file:
http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-modems/web/modem-driver-downloads-for-537ep
This is a link, not a file.
However it is easy (but is it right?) to guess that both of you have
taken from the the file pointed at as:
Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 Release 2 (Kernel 2.6.28-11-generic):
http://www.mediafire.com/?qfiisd4myym
which is intel537ep-intrepid_2-Philippe.Vouters_i386.deb
Lawson, did you use EXACTLY the same file from EXACTLY the same place?
Next I have to present to you the Linux command tee asking you to
forgive me if you already know it.
To understand it, just type the trivial command echo Hello
which writes "Hello" on your screen.
Now type echo Hello | tee junk.txt and then cat junk.txt .
Seeing what tee did? Added a copy of the screen
output to file arbitrarily named junk.txt . Note that | is the
vertical bar (usually broken in two parts) on your keyboard, normally
above the backslash \ .
If you repeat with anything else than Hello, for example echo How
are you? | tee junk.txt , you will only see
"How are you?".
If you want to cumulate the outputs of a series of commands you
type ... | tee -a junk.txt ( -a means append).
So, now we are ready for starting our job.
Please download that file
intel537ep-intrepid_2-Philippe.Vouters_i386.deb if you do not already
have it handy.
Now type this command:
sudo dpkg -1 intel537ep-intrepid_2-Philippe.Vouters_i386.deb | tee
sf.txt (lb.txt for Lawson so I can identify).
and send me as mail attachments the file sf.txt ( or lb.txt) just
created.
It would be a good idea to read those files before shipping, to make
sure that they show the error which worries you.
You know the command less , right?, which lets you browse up/down
by screens along a long file:
less sf.txt , PageUp,PageDown, or space bar, or arrows to go
one line at a time, and CTRL-C to quit.
Last thing, if you knew all these commands, sudo, dpkg, tee, less, let
me know so that I can stop bore you.
