smart link modem

[Alan Pope]

On 9 September 2010 20:58, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am installing Lucid on a Toshiba Tecra.  I installed the hardware
> drivers and still no wireless.  The hardware driver window says it
> needs a kernel, either an alsa shipped with kernel 2.6.4 or newer.
> This machine that I just updated shows   2.6 32. 24 so is that older
> or newer than 2.6.4?
>

I guess that's for the audio chipset and not the wireless, or perhaps
for the DSP / analog modem.

Do you have a /var/log/jockey.log file which details what it's after?

> Basic question but I am a basic user except I am the most advanced
> user where I am, in the middle of the mountains of Panama and people
> are coming to me for Ubuntu installs.
>

Sounds great!

> If I have the right kernel, then I found an older wiki and other fixes
> but for older versions of ubuntu.
>

The 2.6.4 message sounds very generic. Does the machine in question
have a net connection?

Cheers,
Al.