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irda-utils package

  1. Bug #340718
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 340718

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HubertB (hubertb) wrote : Re: [jaunty] irda-utils won't install (depends on /dev/MAKEDEV symlink in postinst)

Hi there!

Actually, I'm getting 2 errors while trying to install:

Unpacking irda-utils (from .../irda-utils_0.9.18-8.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up irda-utils (0.9.18-8.1ubuntu1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/irda-utils.postinst: line 184: ./MAKEDEV: No such file or directory
/var/lib/dpkg/info/irda-utils.postinst: line 92: update-modules: command not found
dpkg: error processing irda-utils (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 irda-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

What's really wired is since this failed installation of irda-utils my wlan-card-module (ath5k) isn't loaded by default any longer. Could this be caused by the failed installaton (e. g. thru the missing update-modules command)?