Kubuntu 7.04 and restricted-modules

[Matt Price]

On Sun, 2007-22-04 at 10:56 -0400, Tee Jay Rosene wrote:
> Okay, so for 7.04 I thought I'd try something new: instead of going
> with Ubuntu this time around, I thought I'd give Kubuntu 7.04 a try
> and do a fresh install. Things are running fine, except for one thing:
> the restricted modules. I'm new to the KDE environment, so maybe
> (probably) it's something on my end that's messing up—namely me.
> Anyway, what I usually do, and what I tried on Kubuntu, is get the
> Code:
> 
> restricted-modules
> 
> for 386 machines from Synaptic; usually when I install these, I just
> have to do a reboot and my wireless card/laptop display, etcetera all
> work properly.
> On Kubuntu, however, I had to install Synaptic first, and then I
> proceeded to install the modules as usual. Everything was working
> fine, the restricted-modules were installed and I was completely
> satisfied. I rebooted, and my machine was running optimally.
> Until I rebooted again.
> It seems that rebooting Kubuntu again made those restricted drivers
> disappear somehow, and I'm left without wireless internet and certain
> other hardware functions I get when these modules are installed.
> There must be a solution to this dilemma? I'd like to reiterate again
> that I was able to get all hardware working properly—the only problem
> is that this ability disappears when I reboot.
you're sure linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-15-<flavour> is installed?
<flavour> is probably "generic".  
usually the issue you're describing follows a kernel upgrade in which
the corresponding restricted-modules package has not been installed.  at
least, that's the case in my experience.  

you can make sure this always happens by installing the linux-<flavour>
metapackage, which makes sure your restricted-modules package is
installed.  

matt


> Thanks in advance.
-- 
Matt Price
History Dept
University of Toronto
matt.price at utoronto.ca
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