[ltp] Re: ThinkPad Batteries

[Phil Shotton]

I'm running Intrepid Ibex. There's no linux-ubuntu-modules-<anything> 
package :-(
Is it in a non-standard repo?

Phil

Elias Oltmanns wrote:
> Please try to keep in mind that top-posting is not very popular.
>
> "Daniel Castro" <castromd@tcd.ie> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks very much Stefan!
>>
>> But... I get:
>> daniel@BlackBeauty:~$ sudo module-assistant auto-install tp-smapi
>> tp-smapi, what is tp-smapi?
>> daniel@BlackBeauty:~$ sudo module-assistant auto-install tp_smapi
>> tp_smapi, what is tp_smapi?
>>
>> Would it have a different name under Hardy?
>>     
>
> Lucky you, Ubuntu sometimes really manages to be the distro for lazy
> people, they just don't realise that ;-).
>
> # sudo aptitude install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
> # modprobe tp-smapi
>
> Rather strangely, there are no reverse-depends on that package even
> though they explicitly advise you not to install that package directly
> but to rely on the package system.
>
> Regards,
>
> Elias
>