Device driver or software driver program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.
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How well do laptops with Nvidia Optimus work?
I am considering buying a Dell XPS 15 laptop. The laptop has a Nvidia 420m card which should work with Linux but I keep reading that the Nvidia Optimus technology isn't supported on Linux. I am not ...
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What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
The former has a higher version number, and the description of the packages are the same.
Which do I use?
...
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2answers
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How can I get my graphics card to be recognized in System Info?
I am new to Linux/Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Lenovo IdeaPad y510.
System info says
Graphics: unknown.
Driver: unknown,
Experience: Standard.
What should I do to use all my ...
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What is the equivalent of Windows System Properties or Device Manager?
I am new to Ubuntu. In Windows, if I want to know my system properties/configuration, I can see it by going to Control Panel and clicking on the System icon. I can also get a detailed list of the ...
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4answers
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How can I find what video driver is in use on my system?
I know that sometimes I have the option to change my video display driver, and I can access this functionality by using System->Administration->Additional Drivers. But what's the simple way to see ...
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How do I install extra drivers?
I've just installed Ubuntu and I need either video, wireless, or some sort of other manufacturer (non-opensource) driver; how can I run the tool that will fetch all of these for me? I'd like graphical ...
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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 fix my installation of ATI Catalyst Video Driver in 12.04 LTS?
My graphic card is a Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series.
I tried these 2 answers from What is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Drivers in 12.04 LTS?
But unfortunately, it does not work for ...
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6answers
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Wireless card Realtek RTL8723AE-BT is not recognized
I bought a new laptop with a RTL8723AE-BT wireless card, but it seems there is nothing that makes it work.
Realtek usually makes drivers available for its card, but this specific one doesn't have a ...
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8answers
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Nvidia driver activated but currently not in use
I have just finished an install of ubuntu 11.04 beta 2. At the end of the installation I got a message informing that I do not have the required hardware for unity, and that I should choose "ubuntu ...
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How to remove the “AMD Testing use only” watermark?
I've installed the latest catalyst driver (beta) following the step in this guide for Ubuntu Quantal Quetzal.
My system is 64 bit and my graphic card is an ATI RadeonHD 6670, this g.c. is Officially ...
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Can I install extra drivers via the command prompt?
Since I can't seem to open the Additional Drivers program? And how do I know what driver I need to install?
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3answers
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ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics install fails, how can I resolve the problem?
I want to activate ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release update), but there is a problem during installation. It says:
Sorry, installation of this driver failed.
Please ...
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14answers
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Blank screen after installing nvidia restricted driver
I've installed the current nvidia restricted driver and rebooted my machine and now I get a black or blank screen.
How can I fix this?
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3answers
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How do I get an Acer Npilfy 802.11 wireless card working?
My Laptop is Acer 5742G with "Npilfy 802.11 wireless".
I have both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10
Earlier when I had Ubuntu 12.04, the wireless was working fine, but after installing 12.10 wireless is ...
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2answers
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How to install the Nvidia Drivers
I just ordered the Nvidia GTX 560 card, which should arrive tomorrow. I have a dilemma, though. Should I keep using the driver which is available in "additional drivers" in Ubuntu (10.10), or should I ...
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2answers
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How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04-64 bit on my Lenovo IdeaPad laptop, and the wired Ethernet (LAN) connection doesn't work.
Running the lspci -vv | grep Atheros command from the terminal shows me I have ...
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1answer
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AMD/ATI drivers from website vs. proprietary drivers in Ubuntu 12.04 Repos?
I have 2 questions regarding to different AMD Radeon drivers:
What is the difference between the 3?
AMD/ATI Driver ( 12.04 Repo )
AMD/ATI Driver, Post release update ( 12.04 Repo )
AMD/ATI Driver ...
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0answers
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How-to remove “amd unsupported hardware” without reinstalling the driver? [duplicate]
I installed driver from Additional drivers.... AMD Radeon HD 6450
My resolution is at maximum and Catalist Control Center is working but I have AMD Unsupported hardware image on the right bottom of ...
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2answers
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Which graphics driver set is better to test in the long run?
So, my computer has a Radeon mobility card and Compiz doesn't seem to want to play nice with it. The nets me a tradeoff: I can use the proprietary drivers and get the boosted performance and take a ...
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3answers
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Problem with a DNA sequencer
I have recently obtained the MinION USB genome (DNA) sequencer, which to my disappointment doesn't seem to be working in Ubuntu properly.
I'm using the 12.04 release of Ubuntu. The sequencer is ...
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3answers
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Good NVidia drivers for a GeForce GT 330M on a VAIO laptop?
With the latest 3 distribution versions of Ubuntu I've always had problems with NVidia GPUs. Even when I installed the official commercial drivers (which are not in the repositories and are shown as ...
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2answers
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Why is my internet so slow with an Atheros wireless card?
Since I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, my internet connection is as slow as hell. I have tested my other 10.10 machine and it is just as quick as the first one was.
What has happened? Why is ...
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Gaming with ATI open-source drivers
I have recently bought humble bundle 2 ( http://www.humblebundle.com/ ). Is there a way to run Braid using ATI's open-source drivers? The game always crashes. When do get it to start in windowed mode ...
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Compiz slow under proprietary nvidia driver
I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and have problem with proprietary nvidia driver for my GeForce GTS 250. I have issue with poor Compiz performance. And there is also open-source "noueau" driver.
Proprietary: ...
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3answers
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How do I install .run files?
My PC has both Ubuntu and Windows 7 installed. I have installed all my drivers in Windows like NVidia graphics, motherboard etc. Shall I install them in Ubuntu too?
I looked on the web for my Nvidia ...
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4answers
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Drivers for Realtek wireless module for Toshiba C850-A965?
I just bought a new Toshiba system, and before installing Ubuntu, I tried it out on a live CD. Unfortunately, Ubuntu doesn't recognize any wireless adapter.
$ sudo lshw -c network
*-network ...
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Dell Inspiron N5110 Keyboard & Touchpad
I have Dell Laptop " N 5110 "
How do make 2 finger scrolling work + 2 fingers zoom in & zoom out work
How to Fn + f3 To ...
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4answers
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How to fix “ndiswrapper not found”?
I've been using ndiswrapper to make work some wireless cards using its Windows drivers, because they are not yet supported by free Linux drivers. Until Ubuntu 12.04.
Now, I can install Windows ...
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4answers
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Why does my internet speed roughly *double* when switching from Ubuntu to Win XP?
From the same Ethernet-socket from the same machine (IBM Thinkpad X41) I get
> 40 Mbps from Win XP
~ 18 Mbps from Ubuntu
Apart from the fact that I'm officially paying for 50 Mbps and that for ...
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2answers
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How to make LBP-1120 Canon printer work?
Initially this question was limited to 11.10. Now I am in (Lubuntu) 12.10. (On the changes in the question see this meta question).
Considering 11.10
I have tried different (or not so different) ...
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How can I get my ATI / AMD drivers to work with any kernel above 3.2.0.x?
How can I get my ATI / AMD drivers to work with any kernel above 3.2.0.x ?
WHAT DID WORK
Installed original AMD64 version of Ubuntu 12.04 ISO image. Burned DVD and installed which shown kernel ...
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No signal to monitor after driver install
After installing 10.10 I used Hardware Drivers (Jockey) to install the graphics driver v11.2 for my ATI HD 5770.
After restarting to activate the driver all went well and the boot screen showed up ...
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How do I remove the propretary ATI drivers?
I've installed 11.10 and the proprietary ATI drivers using "additional drivers" The performance of my system is absolutely awful and it shouldn't be. I tried to remove the proprietary drivers using ...
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3answers
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Are the newly launched NVIDIA drivers supported in Ubuntu or will they be?
NVIDIA just launched new versions of most of their GeForce drivers. I heard they give performance improvements up to twice a fast.
The NVIDIA GeForce driver website mentions that it's possible that ...
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Wacom Bamboo CTH-670 is not detected
I've a Wacom Bamboo Create Pen Tablet (CTH-670) which is not detected by the system settings, ubuntu 11.10
uname -r 3.0.0-13-generic-pae
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root ...
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Is Logitech HD Webcam C615 supported?
Is Logitech HD Webcam C615 supported under Ubuntu?
The list of drivers can be found here:
http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/
But Logitech HD C510 is not on that list and I have that camera and it ...
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2answers
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How do I install my microphone?
My microphone doesn't work in Ubuntu. I have a Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop.
What are the steps to install microphone support?
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4answers
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How do I install the driver for a Microsoft Lifecam VX-3000?
I have looked all over Ask Ubuntu and can't find any way to install the driver easily. I will be fine by doing it through terminal if that is how to do it.
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How can I update my NVIDIA driver?
I recently installed the opensource game 0AD. Everything went fine, but when I run it I get the error
"You are using 260.19.* series NVIDIA drivers, which may crash the game. Please upgrade to ...
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How can I overclock a graphics card from within Ubuntu?
I would like to boost the Core frequency, shader clock, and memory clock on an eVGA GTX 480 I have in my development box running 10.04. Is it possible to overclock a recent graphics card from within ...
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How to install NVIDIA.run?
I have a Nvidia Ge force Ge6150 SE graphics card. I am running ubuntu 12.04. When I try to install the .run file it fails. It shows the message like this:
I Itried to install it after ...
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Command to check graphics device and graphics driver
Is there a utility or terminal command to tell you what graphics device and driver you are using?
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2answers
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How can I know if my pc has the right drivers?
I'm new to linux, I got myself an Ubuntu 10.04
I think that the audio drivers aren't working well, since the sound is not as good as before (on windows).
I also think the graphic drivers aren't ...
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4answers
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Computer wakes up to a black screen in Ubuntu 12.04 dual booted with Linuxmint 14 Cinnamon on separate hdd
I've never had this problem until recently and don't know if it has something to do with Ubuntu being on a SATA HDD and Linuxmint 14 on a IDE HDD.
When I move my mouse to wake computer I just get a ...
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How to fix a dpkg broken by the Brother MFC-7340 deb driver
I'm getting an apt-get error that says
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
(the brmfc7340lpr is a printer driver) its a local deb file, doing an ...
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“Hardware Drivers” item missing from menu
I just installed the newest version of Ubuntu (10.10) and I am trying to get the appropriate drivers installed for the nvidia ion.
However there is no system > administration > hardware drivers ...
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How do I install BCM4312 wireless drivers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
completely new to Ubuntu. How do I add Wireless driver for my laptop? I am running a Dell XPS M1330. Right now its ...
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Getting a Canon LiDE 200 to work
I have this Canon LiDE 200 but simple scan cannot use it properly. With the new sane-backend from rober-ancell's ppa the scanner head at least moves a little, but simple-scan simply fails telling me ...
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Uninstalling ATI's drivers and installing Nvidia's?
I replaced my graphics card but I'm not sure how to set things up on Ubuntu.
When the computer boots, it doesn't start GDM (I think that's what it's called). Instead, it asks me to log in the command ...
