How to install drivers from CD?

[kobra1234]

Hi!

I'm new to kubuntu. Everything works ok but I want to install linux drivers that I got with my motherboard on CD ... (so I got all the features for audio and graphics...).
Anybody knows how to do this?

cheers!

[Nirvana]

Re: How to install drivers from CD?

What format are these linux drivers in? Could you give a screenshot of the contents of the CD?

[DigitaLink]

Re: How to install drivers from CD?

Better yet, what mobo maker out there includes linux drivers?? We need to know so we can support them in the future!

[kobra1234]

Re: How to install drivers from CD?

sorry for not answering for a while ...
finally I've managed to install the sound drivers, there was an automatic install file while I checked the folders a little closer... I'll wait with the graphics drivers as it seams quite risky from what I've read so far?!

The motherboard I'm using is the asus A8R-MX series

[askrieger]

Re: How to install drivers from CD?

Your MoBo is an AMD64 Socket 939 rig with a lot of Bells and whistles (like SATA RAID and onboard Firewire and audio), but it doesn't seem to have onboard video (unless I misread). If your video card is also ATI, there are ATI drivers packaged for Kubuntu that you can install painlessly. Start Synaptic or Adept (if you must) and install the Linux-Restricted Modules package for your kernel and the FGLRX package. By the way, you should upgrade your kernel from AMD64 generic to AMD64-K8.