Comment 6 for bug 295897

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lutz.goehring@gmx.de (lutz-goehring) wrote : Re: [Bug 295897] [NEW] installation of openafs with kernel 2.6.27-7-generic fails

I found out an semantically easy way to get it work:

first:
 >sudo apt-get install module-assistant
and
 >sudo m-a prepare

then download the current ubuntu package
and install it
 >sudo dpgk --install openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6_i386.deb

Cheers,
Lutz
Russ Allbery wrote:
> Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden> writes:
>
>
>> I downloaded openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6_i386.deb and installed all
>> dependencies, recommended and suggest and deinstalled all conflicts.
>> But the installation with dpkg failed:
>>
>
> That's not a failure; it installed successfully.
>
>
>> AFS module /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/fs/openafs.o does not exist.
>> Not starting AFS. Please consider building kernel modules using
>> instructions in /usr/share/doc/openafs-client/README.modules
>>
>
> You should follow the instructions in that message for a fully working
> client.
>
>