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    Driver Manager is Useless

    I did a clean install of 16.04. The Device Manager in the System Settings app does nothing. It shows the collecting information notice but never shows any information.
    Last edited by Snowhog; Apr 21, 2016, 03:12 PM.

    #2
    Do you mean Driver Manager? That is a know issue and is being worked on.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      Yes, my bad. Driver Manager

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        #4
        yes ,,,,their are a few post on that @hear

        untill it gets fixed you can still use the command line version
        Code:
        ubuntu-drivers
        you use it like so

        Code:
        vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ [COLOR=#ff0000]ubuntu-drivers devices[/COLOR]
        == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==                                                      
        vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation                                                                                     
        modalias : pci:v000010DEd0000119Asv00001558sd00000376bc03sc00i00                                                  
        model    : GK104M [GeForce GTX 860M]                                                                                    
        driver   : nvidia-361 - distro non-free recommended                                                                     
        driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free                                                                                      
        driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                
        == cpu-microcode.py ==                                                                                                                  
        driver   : intel-microcode - distro non-free
        as we see the nvidia-361 is what is recommended ,,,,,,,,,,,,,and allready installed .

        at this point you could run it as
        Code:
        ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
        and should install whatever it is saying "recommended" to !!

        But I would use apt-get and do
        Code:
        sudo apt-get install nvidia-361
        this has the advantage of showing you what else will be needed to be installed and ask you if you want to proceed or back out.

        VINNY
        i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
        16GB RAM
        Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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          #5
          Hi VINNY,

          Because I have the Software Source http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu and http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu added to my system I get the following;
          Code:
          :~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
          == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
          model    : GF108M [GeForce GT 630M]
          vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
          modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000DE9sv00001043sd00001477bc03sc00i00
          driver   : nvidia-358 - third-party free
          driver   : nvidia-364 - third-party free recommended
          driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
          driver   : nvidia-361 - distro non-free
          driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
          driver   : nvidia-304 - distro non-free
          driver   : nvidia-304-updates - distro non-free
          
          == cpu-microcode.py ==
          driver   : intel-microcode - distro non-free
          Because of this I have nvidia-364 installed and it is recommended. I find it interesting that this driver is third-party free, whereas the nvidia-361 is distro non-free.

          NoWorries

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            #6
            Originally posted by NoWorries View Post
            Hi VINNY,

            Because I have the Software Source http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu and http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu added to my system I get the following;
            Code:
            :~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
            == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
            model    : GF108M [GeForce GT 630M]
            vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
            modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000DE9sv00001043sd00001477bc03sc00i00
            driver   : nvidia-358 - third-party free
            driver   : nvidia-364 - third-party free recommended
            driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
            driver   : nvidia-361 - distro non-free
            driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
            driver   : nvidia-304 - distro non-free
            driver   : nvidia-304-updates - distro non-free
            
            == cpu-microcode.py ==
            driver   : intel-microcode - distro non-free
            Because of this I have nvidia-364 installed and it is recommended. I find it interesting that this driver is third-party free, whereas the nvidia-361 is distro non-free.

            NoWorries
            dont know for sure,,,,,,,,but I would say that it is how the PPA has packaged it .

            VINNY
            i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
            16GB RAM
            Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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