Device driver or software driver program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.
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Help with USB wireless network
I've problem with my USB Network Reciever Belkin. I can't get it to work. I've cd with drivers, are they only for Windows? If I start Ubuntu and try to click install.exe doesn't work. I'm getting ...
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Authentication in wireless network
I am authenticating a network using WPA2, but not working (authenticates then off)
OS: Ubuntu 13.04 Wireless network card : Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
$dmesg:
[ 1248.966666] wlan0: ...
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Litecoin mining, AMD Overdrive
I'm setting up a mining rig using 3-7950's, and have ran into a little bit of a road block. I've seen a few guides using xubuntu 12.10, but none with xubuntu 13.04.
darth_bunny's guide
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Ubuntu 13.04 slow after upgrade
I'm a beginner Ubuntu user. Recently I upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04; but the problem is that the Ubuntu 13.04 is running very slowly. It will take 30 seconds to login after entering my password.
I ...
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How to install Gallium3D in Opensuse 12.3? [closed]
I installed opensuse 12.3 GNOME x64 (but also like to know the solution to my problem for KDE) on my laptop which has the graphics card "Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI M96 [Mobility Radeon HD ...
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How do I install a Wimax usb driver?
I am using wimax usb modem in Ubuntu 9.04 properly. I am familiar with Ubuntu 10.04 and try to install the same deb file to use my wimax USB modem, but it could not install and give me the following ...
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WIfi is not working on Atheros AR9285 on 9.04
Just now I have installed 9.04 in my Lenovo z570. I am new to Ubuntu. By searching on various community, I come to know that I need to install wifi drivers to make wifi run because the output of lshw ...
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Wifi not working very well asus s400-cs
I can't connect to the Wi-Fi network if I'm in the room above of the room where the router is.
In Additional Drivers I have nothing.
I'm a beginner on Linux. Can someone help me?
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How to remove proprietary AMD drivers & repair Unity
I have installed these AMD drivers for my HD 5770:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
When I launched Steam it threw me an error that something was wrong with OpenGL, ...
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Proprietary NVidia drivers with EFI on Mac
I have a dual-boot Mac OS X 10.8 and Kubuntu 12.10 64x on my white MacBook from mid-2010 installed. (Model identifier: MacBook7,1 . I have upgraded my RAM from 2GB to 8GB, if that matters.) I have ...
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Video card not working properly? (Greenish screen)
I installed latest Ubuntu (13.04). If I check from system settings I get that Im using Galllium 0.4 drivers for RS690. I have an ATI card, ATI Radeon X1270...
Every time I open some window or ubuntu ...
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Removing propietary AMD drivers [duplicate]
I tried every single goddamn way on that post, and nothing helped.
I have installed these AMD drivers for my HD 5770: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
When I ...
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How to install drivers for switchable graphics for HP dv6 7040tx
I have a laptop with dual graphics cards:
1.Intel graphics 4000
2.Nvidia geforce 630m
I wanted to completely switch over from windows to UBUNTU 13.04 :) But, i am very new to this environment.. In ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 on Mac Mini 6,2 ethernet port Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 not detected
The said network adapter is not recognized in 13.04.
In 12.04 and 12.10 I had used the driver proposed from broadcom download site, configured as dkms package it was always updated.
On the 3.8.x ...
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Notebook Samsung R430 Brightness Control
I installed Ubuntu 13.04, but I can not change the brightness. The icon that displays the brightness level changes, but the screen brightness does not change. I tried installing the driver using an ...
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Correct drivers for AMD Radeon™ HD 7650M
So,
I have a Sony Vaio sve15118fg running Ubuntu 12.10 which comes with an AMD Radeon™ HD 7650M graphics chip.
This was all working fine until some updates (note sure what they were) came through, ...
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no back light on my acer aspire 5734z
I installed Ubuntu (12.04) on my acer aspire 5734z and the back light stopped working. I have tried the fix by editing the grub file posted on here a couple of days ago but that hasn't fixed it. I ...
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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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13.04 Ethernet Adapter not connecting (AR8161)
I had the same problem under 12.10 where my Atheros AR8161 wouldn't even show up under the network options. The device does show up in 13.04 as the name "Wired connection 1" When I try to connect to ...
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Dell inspiron mini 1210 graphic driver problems
I have downloaded ubuntu 13.04 and tried to install on my dell inspiron 1210. Everything went smooth my wifi works, and everything seems ok but when i try to popup some window or try to start Mozilla ...
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ATI video drivers issue
I recently installed ubuntu 13.04
I have a Radeon HD6470M and another intel integrated graphics card.
Under 'Additional Drivers' it says im using an open source driver for the Radeon HD 6400M/7400M ...
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'Synaptiks touch pad driver' is not automatically turning on at login
The option is checked within the program but it doesn't do so on startup! Manually opening it makes it spring to action immediately. Anyway to get around this problem?
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Steam doesn't start on Xubuntu 13.04 32-bit
I tried to install Steam on my Xubuntu 13.04 32-bit. I used the .deb from http://store.steampowered.com/about/. When I first launched it, it downloaded updates. When I launched it for the second time, ...
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Nvidia VGA Drivers or Card Issue
My computer shows windows in a somewhat tired manner :) It is a desktop with an onboard Intel card but with a discrete Nvidia card in a PCI slot. The Intel card is disabled in BIOS.
Somebody ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 is not recognizing Realtec rtl8188ce
first of all, sorry about my english.
Anyway, I got my sister laptop with windows 8, she was complaining about the bugs and ask for me to install Ubuntu 12.04 (she has already used in my pc and like ...
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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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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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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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How to install a Brother HL2270dw laser printer?
How can I install my Brother HL2270dw laser printer? There are no drivers available in the Software Center.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Asus 1015cx netbook won't boot in 12.04 after installing additional drivers
I have an Asus 1015cx netbook with Atom dual core, 1GB RAM. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 with WUBI inside Windows 7 and everything was okay.
But when I installed additional drivers of Broadcom and ...
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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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ATI RS690m X1200 proprietary driver installation
I've installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my emachine e625 AMD64 (TF-20) with an ATI RS690m X1200 graphics card but I didn't have 3D acceleration. The open-source driver works, except for any video effects or ...
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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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Wifi keeps disconnecting and extremely slow at low signal - Ubuntu 13.04
First off, I just want to say that I work as an IT engineer (Windows Desktop/Server etc) so I am willing to go right down to the ground when it comes to advance technical troubleshooting. ...
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Is my ATI graphics card supported in Ubuntu?
I have an ATI graphics card and I want to know if it is supported and what kind of drivers should I be running to get the best features out of it.
Is my card supported in Ubuntu and what drivers will ...
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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 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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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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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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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 ...
