You should log in as root to install packages.
However, if the driver comes from some other source than ALT Linux
repository, it will most likely fail to work even if you install the
package.
What kind of modem do you have?
Rachel Ramey wrote:
> I'm using ALT Jr. 2.2. I am totally new to apt-get/Synaptic (fairly
> new to Linux in general), and I need to install a specific rpm which
> is already on my HDD. How do I do this? (The file is my modem
> driver, so I can't even get online from there to download repositories
> or ask for help!) I can't seem to find any way to install local
> packages. I've tried manually installing the file from a terminal,
> using both apt-get and rpm, and either way I get the following:
>
> error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-1)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>
> Thanks in advance! :)
>
> Be blessed!
> ~Rachel Ramey<><
> http://www.homeworksbest.net
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On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 11:51:11PM -0400, Rachel Ramey wrote: > (The file is my modem driver, so I can't even get online from > there to download repositories or ask for help!) You might want to get Compact 2.3 which included much more softmodem drivers out-of-box. Could you save the output of lspci | grep -i modem and paste it here? -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.ru> ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/ ---- visit our conference (Oct 1): -- http://conference.osdn.org.ua
I have a Conexant modem. It appears that ALT installed a Linuxant driver, but it wasn't the correct one. My modem *says* it's an hsf modem, but it actually requires an hcf driver: hcfpcimodem-1.05full-1.rpm. The distro seems to have installed the hsf driver, which makes sense, but still doesn't work. :) Be blessed! ~Rachel Ramey<>< http://www.homeworksbest.net << You should log in as root to install packages. However, if the driver comes from some other source than ALT Linux repository, it will most likely fail to work even if you install the package. What kind of modem do you have? >> > Rachel Ramey wrote: > > > I'm using ALT Jr. 2.2. I am totally new to apt-get/Synaptic (fairly > > new to Linux in general), and I need to install a specific rpm which > > is already on my HDD. How do I do this? (The file is my modem > > driver, so I can't even get online from there to download repositories > > or ask for help!) I can't seem to find any way to install local > > packages. I've tried manually installing the file from a terminal, > > using both apt-get and rpm, and either way I get the following: > > > > error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-1) > > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > > > Thanks in advance! :) > > > > Be blessed! > > ~Rachel Ramey<>< > > http://www.homeworksbest.net > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Community-en mailing list > >Community-en@altlinux.org > >https://lists.altlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/community-en > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-en mailing list > Community-en@altlinux.org > https://lists.altlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/community-en
On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 05:13:16PM -0400, Rachel Ramey wrote: > I have a Conexant modem. It appears that ALT installed a > Linuxant driver, but it wasn't the correct one. My modem > *says* it's an hsf modem, but it actually requires an hcf > driver: hcfpcimodem-1.05full-1.rpm. How "actually"? AFAIH these are quite distinct drivers. > The distro seems to have installed the hsf driver, which makes > sense, but still doesn't work. :) lspci, sir, lspci! :) -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.ru> ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/ ---- visit our conference (Oct 1): -- http://conference.osdn.org.ua
<<> On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 05:13:16PM -0400, Rachel Ramey wrote: > > I have a Conexant modem. It appears that ALT installed a > > Linuxant driver, but it wasn't the correct one. My modem > > *says* it's an hsf modem, but it actually requires an hcf > > driver: hcfpcimodem-1.05full-1.rpm. > > How "actually"? AFAIH these are quite distinct drivers.>> >From the Linuxant website: "The following modem devices are recognized by the driver: HSF/HSFi (Standard and SmartDAA).... PCI ID {127A,14F1}:{1025,1085,2005} (if it doesn't work, try HCF driver) " "The following PCI modem devices are recognized by the hcfpcimodem driver: .... PCI ID {127A,14F1}:{1025,1085,2005} (if it doesn't work, try HSF driver) " "My modem's PCI ID is 127a:1025 or 127a:2005 and it doesn't work. You probably should try both the HCF and HSF drivers, until one works. Some early modems are incorrectly identified (HCF as HSF and vice-versa) in some versions of the PCI ID lists used by lspci and the linux kernel. Also, a few modem vendors have tried to save costs by omitting the EEPROM where device IDs are stored, causing the same default ID built into the bus interface chip to be used for both HCF and HSF devices." My modem is a 14F1; 2005. I tried the lspci command as instructed yesterday, and it did not produce anything; not even an error message. I'm pretty new to Linux and don't understand all the command codes yet, so suggestions for alternate ways of entering the lspci command would be appreciated. :) I have some information jotted down already from trying to set up the modem on the last distro I tried; perhaps some of it is the same information? Be blessed! ~Rachel Ramey<>< http://www.homeworksbest.net
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:47:34AM -0400, Rachel Ramey wrote: > My modem is a 14F1; 2005. I tried the lspci command as > instructed yesterday, and it did not produce anything; not even > an error message. I'm pretty new to Linux and don't understand > all the command codes yet, so suggestions for alternate ways of > entering the lspci command would be appreciated. :) I have some > information jotted down already from trying to set up the modem > on the last distro I tried; perhaps some of it is the same > information? (sorry for late reply -- not much experience with softmodems on my part, the one in notebook Just Worked, so hoped someone knowing Conexant ones better would answer) You could just paste or write down/retype the output of lspci | grep Comm PS regarding the original question, seems everything should be already in place in case of Compact/Junior 2.3 and up; and FYI: installing downloaded binary kernel packages is somewhat tricky in that they are inherently incompatible with kernels other than exactly the ones they were compiled for (well.... this is a bit overstated but quirks to get a binary module to work with given binary kernel in general case are just that -- quirks). -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.ru> ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/ ---- visit our conference (Oct 1): -- http://conference.osdn.org.ua