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Idea #15160: Redetect hardware

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #157: Ubuntu should recognize hardware changes.
Written by marvo the 2 Nov 08 at 19:23. Related project: Update manager. Status: New
Rationale
Today I updated my notebook from 8.04 to 8.10 which resulted in a broken WiFi connection (the firmware directory of the new kernel was missing) and a broken sound output. Instead of trying to fix the second issue, too I reinstalled 8.10 from scratch and everything works fine, now.

It would be great if there was a hardware redetection program similar to the one which is active during the initial setup to fix errors of the described kind in the running system.

If such a program exists, please tell me. In Synaptic I did not find something adequate.

There is a similar idea of detecting hardware changes automatically (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/157/ ) but I think, a manual procedure would be more safe.

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Faryshta wrote on the 2 Nov 08 at 23:03
Apparently DKMS fix that.

jfrorie wrote on the 3 Nov 08 at 00:29
I'll second this. The Ubiquity installer consistently works better for video detect on most of my machines. If I could fire off a re-detection process when my video gets hammered, that would be great.


Dave_schoorl wrote on the 3 Nov 08 at 07:58
It would be great if I move a harddisk with Ubuntu to another machine, the OS would (try to) adapt to it's new environment.

rafalcieslak wrote on the 3 Nov 08 at 14:21
@Dave_schoorl
A harddisk or a USB stick. Having OS installed on a pendrive so you can carry your Ubuntu with you is really useful feature :D
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