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Helper to install and activate private drivers/modules. This tool has been superseded by ubuntu-drivers since 14.04.

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cant install jockey-gtk

i am trying to install jockey on lubuntu to resolve an issue with my ATH-AR5BXB63 wifi card and get this.... linuxtop@linuxtop-HP-G6000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install jockey-gtk [sudo] password ...
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How do you use ubuntu-drivers-common or software-properties in the command line to change graphics drivers?

Martin Pitt removed jockey-text in Ubuntu 14.04 (it's also broken in 13.10 apparently) but I used it for changing graphics drivers in the command line when X wasn't working. How do I do this now (he ...
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What has Jockey been replaced with in 14.04?

Just tried to run jockey-text on my test server and found that it's not installed. Looked for the jockey-common package and found nothing. Even did a package search and there's no release for Trusty. ...
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empty jockey install proprietory nvidia after bumblebee on 13.04

I am trying to install the proprietory Nvidia drivers on my Asus UX32VD (GT620M) running 13.04. Since the additional drivers (Jockey) tab was empty I followed the advice from a similar question here ...
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The same driver isn't being installed during every Ubuntu 12.04 install

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 several times, and during installation sometimes the version 304 Nvidia driver gets installed sometimes the version 173. I checked the integrity of the DVD, of course. I'...
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Steam has a problem with my Nvidia diver

I'm having some difficulty with Steam. I installed the proprietary driver using Additional Drivers, and up until now, thought it had installed correctly. All my desktop effects worked flawlessly. ...
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Additional drivers for my NVIDIA 680GTX not showing up in the additional drivers tool

Did a fresh 13.04 install "Additional drivers" doesnt show anything at all. Was working fine on Ubuntu 12.04. I have 2 nvidia cards installed 680GTX and 460GTX both detected on lspci, currently my ...
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Update manager updates the kernel mod but not the nvidia client, how to get them to match?

12.04 update on 2012-12-22 updated the kernel to 3.2.0-35-generic and attempted to update nvidia driver to nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1 but did not. Update on 2013-01-06 update manager ...
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I installed jockey-gtk but how do I run it?

zuber@zuber-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install jockey-gtk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed ...
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What is the program "Additional Drivers" (jockey-gtk) talking me about?

The program says: "No proprietary drivers are in use on this system" But it doesn't say if it is talking about graphical drivers only or what. Then, it lists two drivers: NVIDIA accelerated ...
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How do I choose which of the offered nvidia drivers is best? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: which nvidia driver from additional drivers option should i choose …? These are the options presented by Jockey: NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 173) ...
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How to disable the notification for additional driver

We have chosen to use the Nouveau driver for our PCs with nVidia graphic cards. Unfortunately every user who gets connected to those PCs get the message "Additional drivers available" ... even if they ...
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AMD Propietary drivers

Is it safe to install AMD Propietary drivers with Additional drivers feature? Arent they outdated? The one with (post release updates) tag fails after download. I tried to install the drivers using ...
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Hercules DJ console MK4

I have a Hercules DJ console MK4 at home and I would like to use it in Ubuntu because I prefer this over Windows. I know it isn't officially supported but does anyone know any method to do this? I'm ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 fails to find Intel HD Graphics 3000

On my Windows 7 installation an Intel HD Graphics 3000 card/driver shows. However in Ubuntu 12.04, System → Administration → Hardware Drivers shows no proprietary drivers available for the system. I ...
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FLGRX (AMD Catalyst) driver issues in Ubuntu 12.04

I just finished installing Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit on my laptop and I'm having a hard time getting my graphic card drivers to work. Jockey (the GUI for installing additional proprietary graphic drivers) ...
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How do i install Broadcom wireless driver after compile a custom kernel?

i have compiled a custom kernel(ck-patchs,ubuntu-patchs) for my netbook, everything workis good, but not wireless, i can't install "Wireless Broadcom STA driver" i got this message : Desculpe, a ...
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Cannot install Nvidia drivers

I have 12.04 running on Intel dual core with Nvidia 8400 GS. I had installed the post-relase updates for Nvidia, but encountered some problems, so removed [deactivated] them through "Aditional drivers"...
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ATI Driver not working after system update?

I had a working Ubuntu 10.04 desktop with ATI drivers with three monitors on a Radion HD 5750. After a standard apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; reboot I got a black screen (system booted, but ...
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Notification for additional drivers

Today I installed Ubuntu 11.10 in my HP laptop well everything goes well installation and updates. I then got a notification on the taskbar for additional drivers: No propritery drivers are in use on ...
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2 driver available via jockey

i installed my Nvidia proprietary driver. but i have another that remains uninstalled. and i don't know whether i have to install that to or no. cause the description isnt that different from the ...
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Laggy Windows, and cant install Post Release update driver

When I move my windows around they are really laggy. I had a feeling it's because Ubuntu isn't taking full advantage of my graphics card so i went to install the additional drivers. The normal ...
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HP 530 Wireless problem. Bad communication with access point

I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on HP 530 and to make Wireless work installed STA driver from jockey (obviously proprietary) and, since it didn't work also installed their driver from HP website via ...
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ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics install fails, how can I resolve the problem? [duplicate]

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 have ...
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Is it possible to install older catalyst versions through jockey?

Is it possible to install older catalyst versions through jockey? There is a 100% CPU bug for OpenCL applications in ALL catalyst versions post 11.4. I tried installing from ATI website using --...
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ATI proprietary driver (post release) install fails. How can I fix it? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics install fails, how can I resolve the problem? If ATI post release driver is selected, install fails. How can I fix it? And I don't mean ...
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Jockey not detecting my ATI IGP Xpress 1150

Will get to the point, Fresh Ubuntu 11.04, I tried to edit the appearance settings for Gnome Do 0.8.4, get the error "you must enable compositing" help guides suggested to install Compiz. Installed ...
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How do I install the experimental 3d Nvidia drivers?

they used to show up as available for download in Jockey/additional-drivers but now the option is no longer there.
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Remove drivers intalled from Additional Drivers section [duplicate]

Ubuntu 11.04 was working fine with my Nvidia GT550M graphic card. It has got all shadows, effects etc. But yesterday i noticed the "additional drivers" icon in notification area and installed it. But ...
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Broadcom wireless not working (worked on live session)

Just installed natty. When running the Live session the wireless was working perfectly. After installation however, it doesn't work at all. There is an option to install the Broadcom Restricted ...
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Scripts used by `jockey-common`

Is it possible to make a script that basically does the same thing as jockey-common? i.e. An script to find any hardware that requires proprietary drivers and install them. EDIT As Oli mentioned, the ...
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Is there a fix for Jockey failing to download package indexes?

I'm running the latest version of the proprietary nVidia driver, and I haven't had any problems enabling Compiz effects until a few days ago after tweaking my theming. When I try to enable effects ...
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