Device driver or software driver program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.
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Laptop Nvidia Bumblebee clarification
So this is partly clarification (to help future users) and partly questions to make sure I understand what's going on.
Recently attempted to make the switch from MacOSX to Ubuntu as I can't afford ...
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is there any sound blaster z support?
is there any sound blaster z support ?
I have a soundblaster zxr soundcard
I'm using ubuntu 13.04 x64
asus P9X79 deluxe UEFI
thank you
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Is SLI in Nouveau and Nvidia drivers going somewhere? [closed]
It seems that SLI is not working properly under Linux at the moment, at all!
I haven't tested, but in recent forum posts, people deem it unusable and suggest instead single GPUs for the time being. ...
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Help with installation version 12.10 desktop
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 a while back ant tried to install it. I created a USB drive and booted up from the drive. It started installing, showed a long list of code and then just showed a strange ...
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.run to .deb (Driver-Problems [closed]
For some time now, i have been trying to install AMD-Drivers (For notebook) On my computer. I have been following tutorials on, like, noobslab.com, but their program did not detect my drivers (Maby my ...
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Problems installing AWUS036H on Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox
I'm trying to get my Alfa AWUS036H wireless card to work inside my VirtualBox, the drivers installed fine, and Ubuntu sees the USB wireless card but I can't get it to connect:
Here's my kernel ...
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No more wlan0 interface
Since this morning I'm trying to configure my USB stick with Ubuntu 13.04.
I tried to compile a driver, without success, then I tried to install the windows driver with ndiswrapper.
After the ...
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Help with wireless internet drivers
I have tried doing all the research and trial and error that I could on my own but with no avail.
So can anyone out there help me?
I cannot get my Broadcom b43 wireless adapter to register with ...
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Where to get wireless drivers for ubuntu?
I am working with a Dell Inspiron 1545. I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my computer and after I was done, I observe that there is no wireless functionality available on my system.
I go to the ...
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PicoPix Projector
Well, the thing is that the PicoPix projector doesn't have a driver for Linux and there's this website
http://git.ao2.it/libam7xxx.git/
claiming to have "invented" something for that but in my opinion ...
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Easiest way to get Surface Pro built-in WiFi working?
Is there a .deb that I can download from another computer and transfer over USB to get Surface Pro WiFi working? I'd rather not tinker with modprobe, and I don't have a USB Internet adapter.
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Installing NVIDIA driver causes black screen (750M)
I have a dual boot set up on a Lenovo Ideapad Y500 with NVIDIA 750M and I am having problems installing the graphics cards. I have made sure to install both linux-headers-generic and linux-source, and ...
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how do i enable the Broadcom STA propriatory driver
I am unable to use wireless connections. I tried using a wired connection and got like thirty minutes into the installation then it failed and now when I try to install the drivers again it ...
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How to fix “Could not connect to kernel driver.” hostapd error?
Hi everyone I have a problem when I try to start hostapd
when I enter this command hostapd hostapd-minimal.conf I got this
Configuration file: hostapd-minimal.conf
Could not set channel for kernel ...
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How do I get an SD card reader to work in Ubuntu 13.04?
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 on a CLEVO P151EMx, it has a built-in Realtek PCIE Cardreader 5289, which works fine in Windows, but refuses to show up in Ubuntu.
I can't see any sd cards I put in it in ...
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Ubuntu unable to detect 'Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless'
I'm trying the 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 on my new laptop to see if I'd like to get rid of Windows 8. The problem is that it's not detecting my wireless. It works in Windows 8, but won't work in Ubuntu.. I ...
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Integrated Video Card and NVIDIA PCIe on Ubuntu 13.04?
I would like to use both integrated and PCIe NVIDIA video card on my ubuntu box.
The idea is to use the integrated video card to support two displays and the NVIDIA GTX650 for CUDA computing. ...
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AMD/Intel hybrid graphics driver on 3.6.6 kernel
I have an HP Pavilion G6-2303sh d4y36ea notebook. I installed Ubuntu 12.04. I had to update the kernel to 3.6.6 because the default didn't support the Ralink RT3290 wifi card.
Now I'm trying to get ...
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Wifi slows to crawl Intel Centrino wireless -N 1000
I've been experiencing sever bandwidth issues with my laptop and was hoping someone could help me resolve them.
Speedtest.net typically reports my dl rate is ~ 18 Mb, upload ~ 2.5 Mb and ping ~ 20ms, ...
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Switchable GPU and Battery drain on an HP ProBook 4530s
I have HP ProBook 4530s. In Windows 7 after installing all HP drivers the 6-Cell battery works perfectly for 2+ hours but in Ubuntu 12.10 and now in 13.04 the battery time is not sufficient. It works ...
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black screen on boot (DVI) - Radeon 9550/9600/X1050 Series - Lubuntu 13.04
I get no signal after boot, yet when I hit the reset button the boot screen shows. What could be the problem?
thanks
monitor: lg flatron W2246T
ps: this is no duplicate as I get no black screen ...
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epson sx235w printer, cannot set print quality, only “plain paper, standard” (13.04)
I cannot set draft or any other print quality for epson sx235w printer in ubuntu 13.04.
I had no problems with 12.10, I could choose from several options.
(I had to add the printer again after ...
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I can not get my RTL8723ae wireless driver to install in backtrack 5 [closed]
I tried just about everything from the official backtrack 5 how to install wireless drivers to this Wireless card Realtek RTL8723AE-BT is not recognized. When ever I follow the code it says that the ...
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How to enable my Nvidia VGA card permanently
I don't want to use bumblebee to run certain apps using the nvidia card, i want to make it able to switch, or else I don't want to switch between the two cards, I want to enable the Nvidia Card ...
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Philips Semiconductors SAA7231 TV Tuner
We're trying to get a TV Tuner of Evermedia working under Ubuntu, but can't get through even getting it recognized. We've already installed firmware-linux-nonfree but that didn't really help.
Output ...
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Installing “AMD Catalyst™” [duplicate]
I have recently started using Ubuntu, and I do not know how to install my drivers. I have watched a few tutorials on Ubuntu and also read a few, however, non of them seems to work on my machine.
I ...
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VIA Vinyl Envy24 audio drivers help
I need assistance in Locating drivers for my sound card. If anyone has knowledge about this particular sound card please help. Sometimes it plays well on my headphones, and sometimes it's only the ...
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Good Tutorial for Installing ATI Proprietary drivers on Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
Title explains it all, I need a tutorial on how to install the ATI proprietary drivers on Ubuntu 13.04. I'm new to linux so specificity works all the better. And I have already checked my graphics ...
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No video from video0 after deleted headers and repaired 12.04 server
I have spent enough time trying to figure this out. I need someone with a deeper understanding of the relationship between, em28xx, video0, v4l2 and the Motion video capture package (or any other I ...
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Backlight Fix in Ubuntu with MacBook 6,1?
I recently installed Ubuntu to dual boot on my MacBook. However, the brightness feature does not work! It only happened after I changed the display driver. I am using Ubuntu 13.04
lspci:
00:00.0 ...
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after upgrading to ubuntu 13.04 lost all my network adapters
after upgrading from ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04
i faced 2 problems
1- i lost all my network adapters even for LAN or wireless
i run
lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as ...
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how to assign modules to devices (AR8131 driver issue)
I worked with older CentOS distributions which use /etc/module.conf for assign modules with respective devices. Now I am trying Ubuntu 12.04 and I played with /etc/modules and ...
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Module Not Loaded
I am new to Linux driver development, and I just stated to do some driver programming beginning with "hello.c" on Ubuntu 12.10... but unfortunately my Makefile didn't compile the kernel code... and ...
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Installing proprietary ATI driver bricked my SSD
Today I tried switch back to full Ubuntu, getting rid of Windows for a while again. Was attempting to install 13.04. At first try everything was fine, grabbed the driver from ATI download page, ...
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nvidia-frickle with hybrid chipset is now over finally? [closed]
no question - linux-headers have to be installed first suiting to your installed kernel.
in case of hybrid-chipsets like CUDA with Optimus this package does NOT work:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.51.run
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How to install Windows 7 in VirtualBox from Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
Shortly after I installed Ubuntu 13.04, I installed VirtualBox in order to use Windows 7 in a virtual machine. When trying to install Windows I get the following:
Cannot find a driver for the ...
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Hardware Acceleration on HD 7950 Ubuntu 13.04
I have installed a clean install of Ubuntu 13.04, and have attempted several methods of installing the fglrx drivers for the Gigabyte HD 7950 3GB graphics card with no success. Every time the driver ...
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Chipset unknown after running aircrack-ng? [closed]
i' m using ubuntu 12.04. on my dell inspiron n5010. I've installed aircrack-ng, after typing first command (airmon-ng ...) the result is:
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 Unknown ...
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How can I find out appropriate drivers for Unknown on iMac?
I Installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my iMac.
How can I find out which drivers to select for "Unknown"? (nothing else is written in Software & Sources -> Additional Drivers).
If I select this component ...
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X server fails with KDE apps in Ubuntu 13.04 after last update
I've used the latest proprietary nVidia drivers (313) when an update came and broke my desktop - initially it switched to some other drivers than proprietary (my second monitor wasn't used with it), ...
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Can't Install Brother MFC-6890CDW as Network Scanner under 12.04
I am trying to get my Brother MFC-6890 to work as a scanner under 12.04, but am already stumped at Step 5 in the Brother instructions
The suggested command line:
brsaneconfig3 -a name=SCANNER ...
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Omnikey 1021 installation help
I am a lorry driver and I have to download information from my digital tachograph card to my computer and email them to my boss. I have an Onikey 1024 Smatcard reader and I have downloaded, from ...
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Went from Win 7 to Unbuntu 12.04 installed fine now crashes
I did a complete overhaul of my box and got rid of winblows \0/ yay !! and the install went very smoothly. Was very impressed with the ease of the install and the ease of use with Ubuntu.... til now.. ...
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Installation of : AMD Radeon™ HD7790 Catalyst™ Performance Driver under Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
Has anyone had success in installation of the drivers mentioned in the title ?
(I was unsuccessful and finally installed AMD Radeon HD77xx driver which works OK).
Thanks for your response.
P.S. I ...
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I can not get my Kodak ESP 3.2 all-in-one printer working
I have a Kodak ESP 3.2 printer and have managed to get it printing by using the drivers for a different Kodak model, but the scanner is not detected. Printing is a little 'off', but I assume that is ...
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NVidia (GTX 680) Drivers Ubuntu 13.04 Black Screen
I've been trying for two days now to get my computer running the NVidia drivers. I'm running a GTX 680 and 64 bit architecture.
I've tried multiple things, here's a few:
Additional drivers for my ...
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network adapters driver problem when installing 13.04
after upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04 i faced allot of problems for all the network adapters even for network controller and wireless adapter i need help
I run lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run ...
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Screen backlight is Disabled After Installing Nvidia GeForce 9600m GT Drivers
since several weeks ago, I am in the quest for try to fix the back-light control on my Sony VGN-AW220j With Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT, but until date no luck after try so many recipes and fixes from ...
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Xlib error when running graphical applications on VNC
I have a server with a Nvidia card (gtx 680) to which I access remotely through VNC (vnc4server). For some graphical applications, I get the following error:
Xlib: extension "NV-GLX" missing on ...
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Major graphical problems after updating to 13.04
This afternoon I updated from 12.10 to 13.04. Ubuntu 12.10 worked entirely fine. However, when I now try to start Ubuntu 13.04, my graphics go completely wrong. And when I mean wrong, I mean really ...
