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11-15-2009, 03:53 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 21
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no floppy after ubunto 9.04 install
I have installed ubuntu 9.04 after a new hard drive installation and now dont seem to have my floppy. Can someone help me get it working?
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11-15-2009, 04:44 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu
Posts: 400
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What do you get from:
lsmod |grep floppy
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11-15-2009, 05:53 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveQB
What do you get from:
lsmod |grep floppy
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I sorry im so stupid but im not sure what you want me to do. I think you want me to go to termanal, right? also what is the charecter just to the left of the g in grep? do you want me to type this line in termanal?
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11-15-2009, 06:18 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2009
Location: Oregon, USA
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 864
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chevyiron420
I sorry im so stupid but im not sure what you want me to do. I think you want me to go to termanal, right? also what is the charecter just to the left of the g in grep? do you want me to type this line in termanal?
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Yes, you want to open a terminal (via Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and type this in. The character next to grep is what's called a "pipe". It's used to "combine" commands. The "lsmod" command is used to list the modules (Linux equivalent of drivers, basically) installed. The "grep" command is typically used to narrow down the output from a command to what you type afterwards.
Trust me, you're not stupid, you're just new...just about everyone who's new to Linux will think this is pretty foreign at first. I was no exception when I started out, and I'm still learning  .
Last edited by MrCode; 11-15-2009 at 06:25 PM.
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11-15-2009, 06:18 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu
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No, not being stupid at all. I assumed some knowledge there that I shouldn't have.
So yes, a terminal is where this goes. You can simply copy and paste if you are unsure of that "pipe" symbol.
I am unsure if Ubuntu 9.04 has a GUI to list kernel modules, but I am leaning towards the case it doesn't.
So I think its "Applications > Terminal"
But not sure, I haven't used Gnome for any period of time.
You may need to prepend sudo to that command, making it:
Code:
sudo lsmod | grep floppy
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11-15-2009, 06:59 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 21
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Well i tryed to cut and paste cause i cant seem to make that pipe symbol with my keyboard. anyway it pasted it there in termanal but when it asks for my password it wont take the carecters. I type in the password but it doesnt show on the screen.
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11-15-2009, 07:07 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu
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That's correct behaviour. It won't echo the password to the terminal so people looking over your shoulder can't see it.
Just type it in and press ENTER.
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11-15-2009, 07:43 PM
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#8
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 21
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Ok, well i cut and pasted it and it seemed to take this time but still no joy. I dont see the floppy anywhare. I restarted the computor twice.
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11-15-2009, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Washington U.S.
Distribution: M$ Windows / Debian / Ubuntu / DSL / many others
Posts: 2,339
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ok lets try this again...
type the | symbol is right under backspace on most keyboards.
then you will have to type in your password on the stupid prompt.
then copy what you see on the terminal and post it here
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11-15-2009, 08:09 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu
Posts: 400
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Yes as smeezekitty states
You may in fact get no output at all, which is a problem.
If you get nothing [you can verify it found nothing by running
Code:
if [ ! `echo $?` -eq 0 ] ; then echo error ; fi
as the very next command to the one we are trying to get you to run.] then we need to do some more commands, namely:
Last edited by DaveQB; 11-15-2009 at 08:10 PM.
Reason: more verbose
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11-15-2009, 08:53 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 21
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Guy's im not getting anywhare. I have tryed the things you said but i dont know if im doing it right. I may be messing stuff up.
Is there a way i can just reload the system and get what i want?
What do i have to do the hard drive to put window back on here?
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11-15-2009, 09:21 PM
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#12
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Lots ...
Posts: 21,393
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I guess this is frustrating, but don't give up yet. What happens when you "modprobe floppy" from a terminal - do you get
Quote:
FATAL: Error inserting floppy (/lib/modules/blah blah blah .../floppy.ko): Operation not permitted
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If so, try "sudo modprobe floppy" (you'll need to enter your password again).
If that works, do this to make it permanent
Code:
echo "floppy" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
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11-15-2009, 09:30 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu
Posts: 400
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I am surprised the floppy module is not loaded when the system boots and detects a floppy control on the motherboard and turned on.
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11-15-2009, 09:44 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 21
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I did modprobe floppy and sudo modprobe floppy and it didnt do anything i can see.
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11-15-2009, 10:11 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Lots ...
Posts: 21,393
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Try these and see if you get anything back
Code:
lsmod | grep -i floppy
find /lib/modules/ -iname floppy*
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