You can keep the package names from being truncated by doing this: sirius:~$ columns=120;dpkg -l package*|less
Kevin On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:59:27 -0600 Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll try to address what I think is the fundamental problem: your > PCMCIA modules are not installed. > > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 01:29:52PM -0800, David Emerson wrote: > > > I'll start with what appears (to my ignr'nt eyes) to be the problem: > > > > /lib/modules/2.2.20/pcmcia/ does not exist. > > > > /etc/pcmcia/ exists but only contains one empty file, "cis" > > /etc/pcmcia.conf does not exist either. > > > > This is probably because the pcmcia-modules package was not installed > > properly (see below) > > I think you're right about that. See below. > > > (( (And can someone explain to me why the above command works, but I > > can't run pcmcia from the init.d directory?) lakshmi:/etc/init.d# > > pcmcia restart bash: pcmcia: command not found > > )) > > The "current directory" (.) is not in your command path (nor should it > be, as this is considered a security risk). Use "./pcmcia restart". > > > # apt-get install pcmcia-modules > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > Package pcmcia-modules has no available version, but exists in the > > database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a > > dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available > > with the contents of sources.list > > E: Package pcmcia-modules has no installation candidate > > # > > The package you want to install is "pcmcia-modules-2.2.xx" where "xx" > matches the revision of your installed kernel. Unfortunately, "dpkg > --list" truncates package names (a real pain, in my opinion), so it's > difficult to determine the exact name of the package to pass to > "apt-get". For that reason, I usually use "dselect" to find and install > problematic packages like that. > > Hmmm... I thought I'd read something in your original post that lead me > to believe you were running a 2.2 kernel... I'm not sure it that's the > case; anyway, if you're running a 2.4 kernel, the package name will be > "kernel- pcmcia-2.4.xx". > > > > > # apt-get install pcmcia-cs > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > Sorry, pcmcia-cs is already the newest version. > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not > > upgraded.# > > > > Looks like this is installed fine. > > Marc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
