Since I can't seem to open the Additional Drivers program? And how do I know what driver I need to install?
5 Answers
For 14.04 and above
sudo ubuntu-drivers list
Will show all the driver packages which apply to your current system. You can then
sudo ubuntu-drivers install # on modern Ubuntu, or
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall # on older versions.
to install all the packages you need, or you can do:
sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
to show you which devices need drivers, and their corresponding package names.
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8But how do you install a specific driver? Assume that
sudo ubuntu-drivers list
outputsfglrx
andfglrx-updates
. How do you installfglrx-updates
?– landroniMay 23, 2014 at 23:01 -
10@landroni You use
sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
to get the list of packages, and thensudo apt-get install
to install that specific package you want.– jmiserezSep 4, 2014 at 14:49 -
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
is deprecated so you have tosudo apt install
the package corresponding to the driver you want, and then probably restart your computer Apr 26, 2021 at 8:45 -
@alainsanguinetti ish... the
--help
suggests that you can just usesudo ubuntu-drivers install
(not specify which driver) and that has the same behaviour as the oldautoinstall
.– Oli ♦Apr 26, 2021 at 11:32
For 12.04 and below
The additional drivers program has a command line interface, jockey-text
:
Use
jockey-text --list
to get a list of available drivers and their status, then use
# the init lines are required only for graphics drivers
sudo init 1
jockey-text --enable=DRIVER
sudo init 2
where DRIVER is the one you got from the list. For example:
jockey-text --enable=firmware:b43
To install the Broadcom B43 wireless driver.
For your graphics card, you will get a choice of the proprietary driver from the manufacturer and a free alternative. You have to either restart the display server (log out and back in) or restart the system entirely (recommended).
For 12.04 and below
The internal name of the "additional drivers" program is jockey-gtk
. There's a console version with the same functionality called jockey-text
in the eponymous package. It should be installed by default.
You should be able to use
jockey-text -l
to list the available drivers and something like
jockey-text -e xorg:nvidia-185
to install one of the options listed. You should select the most appropriate driver listed.
If you have a Nvidia graphics card:
You need to run
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
sudo nvidia-xconfig
Then reboot:
sudo reboot
and you should have a working system.
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Is creating an xorg file still recommended? forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/…– Max NAug 26, 2021 at 9:42
After install nvidia driver you can regenerate xorg config for your nvidia adapter:
sudo nvidia-xconfig
Also, you can download the driver from www.nvidia.com and install it manually:
sudo sh ./downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-xxx.xx.xx.run