Ubuntu
jockey package

Driver manager doesn't detect correct drivers for 8800M

Bug #239072 reported by Luke has no name
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jockey (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

My Gateway P-6860FX laptop has an 8800M GTS video card. Ubuntu's driver manager did not install the correct drivers, so I got the drivers from nvidia.com/object/unix.html and ran their installation. That install is correct.

Furthermore, the driver manager kept overwriting my custom xorg, I believe, so I had to uninstall jockey to keep my xorg from breaking.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

You don't need to uninstall, just don't use jockey to configure your xorg.conf then (it only changes it when you enable/disable a driver).

Please copy&paste the output of these two commands (from a Terminal window):

  lspci |grep VGA
  lspci -n|grep VGA

Changed in jockey:
status: New → Incomplete
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in jockey:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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