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A user interface for configuring third-party drivers, such as the Nvidia and ATI fglrx X.org and various Wireless LAN kernel modules.

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NVidia: Better performance with nouveau drivers than with proprietary drivers?

I'm testing an Asus UX430UQ under Ubuntu. It has an NVidia 940MX graphics chip in it. I'm using Lightworks to benchmark performance, and the numbers are coming up heavily in favour of the open ...
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wifi connections not showing up in newly dual booted ubuntu 16.04.03

I have freshly installed ubuntu 16.04.03 along side of windows 10 in my HPbs542tu laptop, i am able to connect to internet using usb tethering but it is not showing up wifi connections, noidea is wifi ...
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Stuck in installing Nvidia drivers for Ubuntu 16.04

I want to replace Nouveau with Nvidia driver (specific version is Nvidia binary driver-verison 375.82) via Additional Drivers: After rebooting, I found Ubuntu stopped at this screen: I had tried to ...
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Ubuntu becomes really slow after a while

I will start by saying that i have been using Ubuntu for only a few days and before this OS i had windows 7. Now i'm using ubuntu 16.04 lts After i start watching a movie or playing a simple game the ...
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Bluetooth RT3290 "no Bluetooth adapters found"

My wifi is working well but bluetooth is not working. It notifies me "No Bluetooth adapters found". If any more command outputs etc are needed, please let me know and I will provide them.
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New dual boot of Ubuntu 17.04, no wifi, no additional drivers availabl [closed]

Any help? I recently installed a dual boot of Ubuntu 17.04 alongside my Windows 10. I use a USB adapter to get my internet working in Windows 10, but in Linux it's a different story. lsusb: Bus 006 ...
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Too many drivers in 'Additional Drivers'

I was trying to install CUDA and because of some misunderstanding I installed many NVIDIA drivers. Now I have purged all NVIDIA drivers. But when I open 'Additional Drivers', it is showing too many ...
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No additional drivers available; though they were available when I tried Ubuntu!

I used to use (before 2.5 years) Ubuntu 14.04 in my Desktop PC and then shifted to Trisquel GNU/Linux-Libre as mentioned in my profile. Recently I've purchased Dell Laptop (which has 2GB of Nvidia ...
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Wifi devices gone from the additional drivers list and Wifi stopped working

I got new laptop and activated additional drivers for some of devices (video, cpu firmware). But after activation of custom drivers for the wifi adapter, I get an error. And now, no wifi devices ...
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Brother DCP-9015CDW prints blank pages with one or two short black lines at the top of every printed page (missing driver?)

Brother DCP-9015CDW prints blank pages with one or two short black lines at the top of every printed page. How can I fix it? I'm using Ubuntu 17.04.
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Additional Drivers unknown

Additional Drivers Can anybody tell me what the unknown:unknown driver is referring to in the picture linked above? Or tell me how I can find out? I am running 16.04 LTS on a Dell Latitude E5520. ...
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Which additional drivers should I enable?

Which driver should I select under "Additional Drivers"? The command ubuntu-drivers-devices shows that my model is: GM107M [GeForce GTX 860M]. Also it shows "driver : nvidia-375 - distro non-free ...
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NVidia 1080ti install on Ubuntu 16.04.2 - what does it mean if card doesn't appear under Additional Drivers?

I am trying to install the nVidia 378.13 drivers for a GEForce 1080ti on a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.2 64 bit. I installed the drivers using ppa (using the technique described here). I ...
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Getting stuck when installing Nvidia driver

After installing Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop with GTX 1070, I want to install Nvidia driver via Additional drivers tools in Ubuntu, however it gets stuck at this stage. I don't know what to do now and ...
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There is no Nvidia proprietary driver in Additional Drivers

In my recent question I didn't get the meaning of Nvidia proprietary driver. Can somebody help?
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Unable to print from canon lbp 6230DN printer on 16.10 and issues with installation of the drivers

I am trying to install Canon LBP 6230dn network pritner on ubuntu 16.10 using the method suggeted on the page: installing Canon LBP 6230dn network printer on Ubuntu 14.04 I am getting the following ...
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Can't find "Additional Drivers" in dash after upgrade to 16.04

I've upgraded 14.04 to 16.04. Now I can't find "Software & Updates" nor "additional drivers" in dash. Also note that I have both "Ubuntu Software" and "Ubuntu Software Centre". In Software Centre ...
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I'm Trying to install rtl8814au drivers fairly new to linux

I have an rtl8814au WiFi chipset that I am trying to get to work with Linux: I have tried downloading the file (.zip) then Going in the terminal and changing directory the one that contains the file ...
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No Nvidia Drivers?! <Nvidia>

So after re-installing Ubuntu multiple times, I still have not gotten my Nvidia drivers to appear. I've tried manually installing them, and everything else in the book, but when opening my additional ...
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Apply Changes in Additional Drivers stuck for nVidia Drivers (16.10, ASUS GTX1060 3G)

I've done a clean install of 16.10. The default, nouveau, video driver has abysmal resolution on my GTX1060. I brought up the Additional Drivers app and selected the "Using NVIDIA binary driver - ...
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Need help with Oibaf video drivers

My machine is using the Nouveau driver for an Nvidia GT218. I've already had problems using a proprietary driver under 16.04 LTS. I've read the Oibaf PPA offers an improved open source driver. Even ...
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NVIDIA graphic card

I have a laptop with GeForce 820M and the Intel HD.but i never can make the nvidia turn on, i think, Sorry im new in ubuntu. Help me please i try to install the drivers sudo apt-get install nvidia-361....
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Equivalent command for software-properties-gtk Additional Drivers switch

In the Software & Updates window (software-properties-gtk) and Additional Drivers tab, I can choose between versions of the proprietary NVIDIA drivers and the "X.Org X server" Nouveau driver. If I ...
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libvirt + qemu PCI passthrough and NVIDIA drivers not working on Ubuntu 16.04

I've setup a virtual machine with NVIDIA graphics card passthrough, and after installing necessary drivers, the LightDM session doesn't start (I can see the greeter, but the user session doesn't start)...
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WiFi module 8812AU not working with kernel version >= 4.4.0-28-generic

Problem I had a Linksys WUSB 6300 dual-band USB WiFi adapter happily running on on my desktop PC with driver module 8812AU. When I first got it to work I used the driver signing method to get it to ...
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Terry Cain Razer Drivers fail to install due to python3-setproctitle being uninstallable [duplicate]

I am attempting to install 3rd party open source razor drivers from: https://github.com/terrycain/razer-drivers. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:terrz/razerutils sudo apt update sudo apt install python3-...
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amdgpu-pro fails to install on 16.04

I upgraded from 15.10 to 16.04 today (yeah I'm late :-/) and tried to install the amdgpu-pro driver. But after I downloaded and extracted the files, when I run amdgpu-pro-install I get the following ...
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What are pitfalls of Intel proprietary microcode in Additional Drivers tab? [duplicate]

In Settings -> Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers tab this window appears (for me): I have no idea what second driver name: Unknown:Unknown is. The option to use Intel microcode for Intel ...
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Wifi not working after Ubuntu 16.04 installation [duplicate]

I have a Dell xps 13 and I installed Ubuntu 16.04. It installed the broadcom drivers but it doesn't work. For me it's not possible to connect to the internet via cable. Is there any working solution, ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Unknown Additional Driver: Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs [duplicate]

I have this device is not working since I upgraded Ubuntu from 14.04 to 16.04. Should I enable it? and how?
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NVIDIA GPU not showing up in lspci

The Dedicated GPU of my Laptop, an GTX 970M by NVIDIA is not showing up in lspci. I have installed the lastest nvidia-361 drivers and im running Ubuntu 16.04 using the 4.6 Kernel. Any ideas how to fix ...
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WIFI Drivers Semi Solved

Ok so I own a Lenovo Ideapad G70-80 and I've been trying to Ubuntu on it but the WiFi Drivers aren't detected. I've tried Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Mint, OpenSuse, Fedora, among a few. Today I took ...
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Driver for Ralink corp. Device 3020

I would like to get the Driver software for below mentioned Wireless card. $ lspci -nn | grep 0280 04:05.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:3020] It was working previously and I ...
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Which drivers to install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? [closed]

I am new to Ubuntu. Can you please tell which drivers to install for basic and proper functioning of the system?
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Unity not work with Quadro NVS 285

On Ubuntu 16.04 Unity does not work with a nvidia Quadro NVS 285 and the nvidia driver 304.131 installed by the Software Updater. But gnome-session-flashback (metacity) does work. Thanks.
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WiFi is not working and doesn't show up in Network Manager and System settings

I have Ubuntu 16.04 and my wifi icon has just disppeared. It doesn't even show up in System Settings. The result of sudo lspci -nn is: 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless ...
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Ralink RT 3290 Bluetooth Problem on Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]

I have wifi and Bluetooth modules RT3290. Wifi is working fine but Bluetooth is shown as disabled under Bluetooth settings. Can anyone help me fix this?
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linux/autoconf.h not present

I'm trying to install drivers for Asus pce-N10 wireless adapter onto ubuntu mate 16.04 It is provided with source files of drivers and a readme that basically says: Installation: type 'sudo su ...
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WiFi driver from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 16.4

I've got the WiFi driver for Windows 7, how do I install the .exe file for Ubuntu 16.4 ? I've used ndiswrapper but the page seems out of date. Any suggestions?
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What is this device in "additional drivers"? [duplicate]

What is this unknown device? It defaulted to "do not use this device" and said "this device is not working". I had to choose the proprietary option and now it says "This device is using an ...
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Cant access Ethernet and wifi on Dell laptop E7470

I have a new DELL Latitude 7470 with Ubuntu 14.04. I am not able to use WIFI or even Ethernet on the laptop but the internet using USB tethering works. I think it might be drivers issue. The lshw -C ...
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new 16.04 install doesnt recognize network devices

just built a server with S2600WT2 motherboard i installed ubuntu 16.04 but no ethernet cards are recognized i looked in the boards drivers and the only network Linux drivers are for redhat or suse so ...
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Can't find latest NVIDIA Propietary Drivers

I'm trying to update my Nvidia drivers to 361.15 Proprietary (Prime) but it keep showing me the open source (Nouveau) drivers of it and I can't find the prime version of it. I tried manually ...
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Wireless Internet Ubuntu 15.10

I have a PC with a wireless network adapter called: ASUS PCE-AC68 After entering the command lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 I can see it is found and called: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11account ...
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How to update additional driver (Nvidia GPU and CPU)

Firstly i want my drivers up to date. So can you help me about that? And 1 more question, at CPU title we have 2 options like microwaves and do not use device. Which one i must use? I use that right ...
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What propriatory graphics driver do I need to install?

Here are the available ones: I have no idea which one I need. Is the one with highest number better? or the one that is tested?
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Getting GeForce GTX960 to work with Ubuntu

After more than five years of setting up Ubuntu on various computers, for the first time I am at the verge of giving up on a case. The issue is setting up proper graphics drivers for the NVIDIA ...
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Ubuntu 15.10 has kernel version: 4.2.0-23-generic. So

Ubuntu 15.10 has kernel version: 4.2.0-23-generic and ATI legacy drivers for HD 4xxx series cards support upto kernel version up to 3.4 So does it mean, my old ATI HD4670 is useless on ubuntu 15.10?...
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Nvidia X server settings go default after boot

Okay, just for your information , I am a complete newbie when it comes to Ubuntu. Installed it today! Everything, so far seems great however I have stumbled upon an issue which is that the Nvidia X ...
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"In use" in Additional Drivers, but not actually used?

I'm using Ubuntu 15.10. I'm attempting to use the proprietary NVIDIA drivers for my video card. I've gone through the Additional Drivers and selected the appropriate version, then clicked the "Apply ...
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