restricted driver manager does not warn user it needs to download package
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| restricted-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Martin Pitt | ||
Bug Description
This "bug" occurs is in the release version of Feisty Fawn, where it doesn't prompt a user when it cannot get a network connection (I assume, since I did not have my cable plugged in) and just exits the dialog where it asks if you want to enable the driver or not, but there is no indication that a package needs to be downloaded and this may lead to confusion.
This may or may not be an issue with the manager itself since I think it launches Synaptic or grab the nvidia-glx (in my case) drivers from the online repository.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Disable/unplug any network connections
2) Try and enable the Nvidia restricted drivers
p/s: I don't know which package the restricted driver manager falls under ('restricted manager' returns no result in the package search).
| Changed in restricted-manager: | |
| assignee: | nobody → pitti |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | Unconfirmed → In Progress |
| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in restricted-manager: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
I cannot reproduce this. I cut my internet connection, and thus r-m failed to download nvidia-glx. After clicking away the synaptic error dialog, nothing particular happened: the driver stayed disabled, and I did not get a 'reboot required' icon. This matches the intended behaviour of the code. My xorg.conf was not altered.
So it seems that this was fixed in Synaptic perhaps?