restricted-manager reports "Your hardware does not need any restricted drivers."

Thank you for your bug report. Could you please attach the complete output of 'lspci -vvn' (as root)?

Martijn van de Streek wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 93209 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93209
>
> Thank you for your bug report. Could you please attach the complete
> output of 'lspci -vvn' (as root)?
>
>
00:00.0 0600: 8086:2590 (rev 04)
        Subsystem: 1462:0321
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:01.0 0604: 8086:2591 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: f9000000-fbefffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-dfffffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        Capabilities: [88] Subsystem: 1462:0321
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 00000000 Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0,
ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Device: Errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s, Port 2
                Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <4us
                Link: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16
                Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug-
Surpise-
                Slot: Number 16, PowerLimit 75.000000
                Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
                Slot: AttnInd Off, PwrInd On, Power-
                Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-

00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: 1462:0321
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 4: I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]

00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: 1462:0321
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: C...

I have a GeForce 6800 and the same problem. This also causes desktop-effects to not install restricted drivers when needed.

i have a 6600:

Hello,
I am having exactly the same problem,i know that i do need to restricted drivers, and a know that they are enabled and working (i have run glxgears -info) and i get ~4000fps with my Nvidia 6600.

however when i click restricted driver management it tells me:

"your hardware does not need any restricted drivers"

This is blatantly not true. i think it might have something to do with the direct rendering:

"james@james-ubuntu:~$ xdriinfo
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
Screen 0: not direct rendering capable."

also when i start beryl, i just get a white screen.
hope this helps,