Questions tagged [drivers]
Ubuntu drivers are either coded into the Linux kernel, or loaded with kernel modules. Use this tag for questions related to installing, loading and troubleshooting drivers (kernel modules).
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Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers
I'm having serious problems installing the Broadcom drivers for Ubuntu. It worked perfectly on my previous version, but now, it is impossible.
What are the steps to install Broadcom wireless drivers ...
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How can I find what video driver is in use on my system?
I would like to try a different video display driver, but I'm not sure which one I'm currently using.
What's the simple way to see what driver my system is using currently?
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How to install NVIDIA.run?
I have a Nvidia Ge force Ge6150 SE graphics card. I am running ubuntu 12.04. When I try to install the .run file it fails. It shows the message like this:
I tried to install it after uninstalling ...
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How do I install the Nvidia drivers?
I just ordered the Nvidia GTX card. I have a dilemma, though. Should I keep using the driver which is available in "additional drivers" in Ubuntu, or should I install the driver from the Nvidia site?
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How do I check if Ubuntu is using my NVIDIA graphics card?
The reason I'm asking is that none of the games I've installed through software center that require 3D accelartion like TORCS for instance will run. When I try to run then, nothing happens. I have a ...
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Is there a way to "restart" the touchpad driver?
I use Ubuntu 14.04 on a laptop, usually with an external usb mouse and keyboard and screen connected. Sometimes, however, I unplug all of them and move the laptop and keep using it with the builtin ...
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External monitor not detected on Ubuntu 18.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, my laptop has been unable to detect/use an external monitor attached via HDMI. Even when plugged in, the "detect displays" button within the default settings app doesn'...
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Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915
I upgraded my laptop to have the 4.8 kernel and during the process the following warnings came up.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-040800-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/...
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dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
On Ubuntu 18.04 I am getting this when I want to install the recommended Nvidia driver.
sudo apt install nvidia-340
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Unknown Additional Driver: Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs for intel-microcode
After upgrading to 15.04, I have one additional driver (it did not appear in 14.10). What is the purpose of this driver and should I enable it?
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"W: Possible missing firmware for module i915_bpo" when updating initramfs
When I run a kernel or NVIDIA driver update on my 16.04, this triggers an initramfs rebuild which outputs the warning below:
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.1) ...
update-...
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How can I check the information of currently installed WiFi drivers?
When I clicked on additional drivers on Ubuntu 12.04, I could not see any drivers.. How can I check what drivers are installed for WiFi on Ubuntu environment.
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How do I install additional drivers?
I've just installed Ubuntu and I need either video, wireless, or some sort of other manufacturer (non-opensource) driver. How can I run the tool that will fetch all of these for me? I'd like graphical ...
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NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running
I just installed CUDA in a notebook like this:
sudo apt-get install cuda
Like said here.
The compilation works just fine but when I try to run I got the followin problem:
CUDA error at file.cu:128 ...
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Can I install extra drivers via the command prompt?
Since I can't seem to open the Additional Drivers program? And how do I know what driver I need to install?
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Steam: libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
If I click the desktop app of "Steam", nothing happens.
Running steam in terminal produces the following:
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)...
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Take photo using webcam
I would like to take a photo from my webcam. As I moved from Windows to Ubuntu I wonder if there is a built-in way to achieve this or I need special software. If so can you suggest a good one?
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How do I install the Nvidia driver for a GeForce GT 630 [duplicate]
I recently installed 14.04.
But now I need a new driver for my nVidia GeForce GT 630. The former driver was rejected as not compatible with the 64-bit. I found that other driver and when I wanted to ...
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How can I get my graphics card to be recognized in System Info?
I am new to Linux/Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Lenovo IdeaPad y510.
System info says
Graphics: unknown.
Driver: unknown,
Experience: Standard.
What should I do to use all my laptop ...
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My WiFi adapter is not working at all, how to troubleshoot?
On this site I see hundreds if not a thousand questions being asked about issues with a Wireless LAN adapter not being detected/recognized by Ubuntu. Some mainstream adapters appear to be utterly ...
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What is the equivalent of Windows System Properties or Device Manager?
I am new to Ubuntu. In Windows, if I want to know my system properties/configuration, I can see it by going to Control Panel and clicking on the System icon. I can also get a detailed list of the ...
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How to set wifi driver settings to prefer 5 GHz channel above 2.4 GHz
Currently I'm in a new building of my university. In this building my wifi often breaks down and then restores connection again. This is really irritating since it happens a lot.
Now as a coincidence ...
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How do I install the Intel Graphics driver in my system?
Can someone help me out and explain or point me in the right direction on how to check video drivers and see if my video card running okay?
I had 10.04 installed on my Thinkpad r61 with Compiz ...
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Install mod_proxy to get ProxyPass to work
I've been trying to follow these instructions, so that I could get the Citadel mail server to work alongside Apache, but I get an error when I try to restart Apache:
Invalid command 'ProxyPass', ......
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Removing Nvidia CUDA Toolkit and installing new one
I installed the CUDA 5.5 package on Ubuntu 14.04 (which is not supported for this version of Ubuntu version) , and I didn't do it well.
I want to remove what I've installed earlier and install a new ...
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How do I get a Realtek RTL8723BE wireless card to work?
I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 on my laptop with RTL8723BE Wi-fi card. But it is always disconnecting from network. I have tried echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=N ips=N" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/...
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What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
The former has a higher version number, and the description of the packages are the same.
Which do I use?
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How to uninstall manually installed Nvidia drivers?
How do I uninstall manually installed Nvidia drivers 310.14 and revert to Noveau. I have Ubuntu 12.10.
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Problems with libGl, fbConfigs, swrast through each update?
I have problems when compile SFML-project(don't see any graphic):
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
This error can be solved by simple ...
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/dev/ttyUSB0 not present in Ubuntu 22.04
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 and it broke support for CH340 USB to serial adapter based devices. (support was native in 20.04) When I do /$ ls /dev there is no ttyUSB0 entry in the list.
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Ubuntu 14.04.5/16.04 and newer on AMD graphics
I have 14.04.5/16.04 or newer and an AMD GPU. I'm not getting the performance I want, and some programs say they need things like OpenCL.
I've heard about fglrx, but if I try to install it on my ...
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How lsb module affects system, and can be made available to the system?
aks@aks-K55VD:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
used the command lsb_release -a
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Install Nvidia driver instead of nouveau
I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm experiencing a fuzzy/blurry screen and bad support for multiple screens.
I realized that Ubuntu installs nouveau as default, but I need to install nvidia drivers, ...
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Installing nvidia drivers on 18.04
all. I'm trying to fix my system so I can install the nvidia drivers but it seems to get stuck for some reason. I have tried manually removing the downloaded files from
/var/cache/apt/archives/...
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How do I build a single in-tree kernel module?
The linux-source-... has a module which is disabled in the config /boot/config-3.4-trunk-686-pae so that it is not part of linux-image-... (This is on Debian, but the solution should be the same for ...
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Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 isn't working
Bluetooth is on but can't find or be found by any other devices.
Output of sudo service bluetooth status:
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth....
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xbacklight: No outputs have backlight property - No /sys/class/backlight folder
I installed xbacklight, hoping that it would be able to control my brightness. When trying to change brightness, I was told "No outputs have backlight property". After looking around, I found that ...
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What's the difference between insmod and modprobe?
Are there any differences between insmod and modprobe?
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Ubuntu 16 Stuck in Login Loop after Installing Nvidia 364 Drivers
This didn't start out as a problem with the login loop. I was attempting a clean install of Ubuntu 16 and using the new feature that allows it to detect proprietary drivers for me.
I started off ...
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How to change proprietary video driver using the command line?
My laptop computer has a Nvidia video card and runs Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. During an upgrade yesterday it seemed as a new Nvidia driver version 304 (if I remember correct) was installed. After ...
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How (recipe) to build only one kernel module?
I have a bug in a Linux kernel module that causes the stock Ubuntu 14.04 kernel to oops (crash).
That is why I want to edit/patch the source of only that single kernel module to add some extra debug ...
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How to install Wi-Fi driver for Realtek RTL8821CE on Ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]
I'm trying to install drivers for my Wifi on my HP All-in-one desktop. I've been told to show the output of the command "sudo lshw -C network" so here it is:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
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Latest NVIDIA driver on Ubuntu 16.04
I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and I notice that in the "Additional Drivers" tab of "Software & Updates", the latest versions of NVIDIA drivers I can install are
version 367.57 from nvidia-367 (proprietary)
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Can't switch anymore from Intel to NVIDIA GPU
[Ubuntu 14.04 64bit]
After switching between Intel / NVIDIA graphics and the different NVIDIA drivers I am now suddenly stuck with the Intel GPU. It used to be no problem at all switching between the ...
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Only "Dummy output" (sound) in Ubuntu 20.04 after reboot - Broken driver / module
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This appears to have turned in a sort of canonical set of commands to start diagnosing audio issues.
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 for over a month now.
After a reboot, I have no more sound and WiFi. ...
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Fuzzy graphics after upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04
I have recently upgraded Ubuntu 19.10 to latest LTS Ubuntu 20.04. After updating, I get serious artifacts on my screen. Every time I reboot (or log-in), my screen is fuzzy or scrambled (picture ...
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Wireless card Realtek RTL8723AE-BT is not recognized
I bought a new laptop with a RTL8723AE-BT wireless card, but it seems there is nothing that makes it work.
Realtek usually makes drivers available for its card, but this specific one doesn't have a ...
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TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano driver for Ubuntu 18.04
I am looking for a driver for the TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano, on Kubuntu 18.04 (kernel version 4.15.0-51-generic).
$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 2357:011e TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter
$ inxi -N |...
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Internal speaker (Audio) is not working in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS after upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 lts from 18.04 lts. After reboot audio is not working. I tried to reinstall pulseaudio and alsa but still not working.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall alsa-base ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Displays Issue -> Unknown Display
As the title suggests, I am experiencing issues with my Display in Ubuntu 18.04.
I have seen somewhat related posts (like this one), but those typically suggest they have several detected displays, ...
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