Is there a difference between fglrx* and fglrx?  What is the meaning of * if added??  I did use the following steps because I was not sure whether I've had a graphic driver or not. So I wanted to activate a driver...    Then many problems occured - like changes of the quality of the desktop environment - and I wanted to know if they happened because of the difference of *?  I am a new Ubuntu 12.04 user. Was it wrong to have purged fglrx*? I also get this error each time I boot Ubuntu since then:     The disk drive for /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 is not ready yet or not present   I would be really glad if someone could help me out!
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Last night I was trying to burn CDs. Being annoyed with k3b and choosing to use brasero instead, I went to remove k3b.  I typed in:  sudo apt-get remove k3b   I hit tab twice and saw that I had both k3b and k3b-data on my system. Assuming that I wouldn't need k3b-data on my system without k3b, I wanted to remove it as well so I typed in:  sudo apt-get remove k3b*   Unfortunately I hit Y to confirm without looking. It uninstalled a whole lot more than k3b and k3b-data. It uninstalled packages which did not fit my k3b* regex. For example: transmission and network-manager.  I'm fairly certain that I didn't have a space between k3b and * but I don't know why else it would remove all that it did. Is there something about apt-get that I'm misunderstanding?
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Since I have an onboard Intel graphics card, and a ATI Radeon display controller, I was wondering if I could switch between the two as my graphics in use, as I could in 14.04 LTS through ATI Catalyst?  16.04 LTS is using the onboard, and the hardware listing lists ATI as well as display controler, but not in use. Additional drivers don't provide anything.   So is AMDGPU being used, or is ATI disabled?  lspci:  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09) 04:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Venus XTX [Radeon HD 8890M / R9 M275X/M375X] (rev ff)   lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A1  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09)     Subsystem: Lenovo Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [17aa:3824]
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Since my previous questions were not answered I will try to ask again more precisely.  I previously had the Nvidia driver installed and working correctly.  Then the ubuntu software update did something which broke it.  In fact, it completely de-configured it so that the standard display driver is used when the computer reboots.  I would like to re-enable the existing Nvidia  driver without re-installing the Nvidia driver.  How do I do that?  This machine is no longer connected to the internet.  NOTE: I am not asking how to disable automatic updates in this question.  I asked that elsewhere (and it wasn't answered).  NOTE: I am not asking how to stop the Ubuntu software updater from breaking the Nvidia driver the next time it updates the system.  That would be nice to know, but I asked that already and did not receive the correct answer either.  NOTE: Please don't make this as duplicate simply because someone else asked a question about Ubuntu and the software updater.  Try to read the actual question and see how it's different and try to realize how annoying it is when users have to spend hours of their own time to correct the problems that other people causing by incorrectly designing software updaters.
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The proprietary NVIDIA drivers "disappeared" with my latest update:    The option of "Proprietary drivers for devices" is correctly set under the "Ubuntu Software" tab. I have the graphics-driver PPA (ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa) correctly added to my sources.  Any ideas on how to bring the proprietary drivers back?  PS1: I need them because some of the games I play under wine don't work without them, for whatever reason.  PS2: Also, this feels like it should have a straightforward answer, but I've been looking online for a while without luck.
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My laptop has 1 GB Nvidia graphics card.   When i used windows i needed to install graphics card.   Now i am using ubuntu 14.04 with windows 8.1 as dual boot.  Do i need install a graphics driver for ubuntu? if yes how?
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I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04. Shutdown and logout from the top panel are not working.  They worked fine when installing the OS, but a few days back I installed fglrx drivers for my ATI graphics card. They didn't work and I got low resolution problems and Ubuntu didn't boot. I solved it by removing the fglrx graphic driver from the recovery mode and Ubuntu started to boot and work just fine, at least that's what I thought.  But now the shutdown and logout options in the top panel don't work. I have to logout using ctrl+alt+delete and shutdown with the shutdown option in the top panel (shutdown option works after logging out but not when logged in as a user).  I re-installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and shutdown options worked fine but after installing updates they stopped working again. I thought its the graphic driver fglrx installation problem but now i know its not that. I think its a problem with some file that got installed from Ubuntu updates.  Does any one know how to solve it?
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I am not able to play "Half-Life-2" on Steam + Ubuntu 14.04 . Error shown in message box on screen:      Could not find required OpenGL entry pint 'glGetError'! Either your video card is unsupported, or your OpenGL driver needs to be updated.   I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop.  My OS is Ubuntu 14.04 and my graphics card is AMD Radeon HD 8600M.  I have installed AMD properietry Driver.    The partial output of "glxinfo" is as follows:      name of display: :0     libGL: screen 0 does not appear to be DRI3 capable     libGL: pci id for fd 4: 8086:0a16, driver i965     libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/tls/i965_dri.so     libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_dri.so     libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/arushi/.drirc: No such file or directory.     libGL error: failed to load driver: i965     libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so     libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/swrast_dri.so     libGL: driver does not expose __driDriverGetExtensions_swrast(): /usr/lib/i386- linux-gnu/dri/swrast_dri.so: undefined symbol: __driDriverGetExtensions_swrast     libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/arushi/.drirc: No such file or directory.     libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/arushi/.drirc: No such file or directory.     libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast     display: :0  screen: 0     direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
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I am trying to figure out what the exact difference is between the 3 different install Disks.  Like what packages are different and such.  For Example: - The server disk doesn't install gnome by default and has the non-pretty install wizard. - The Alternate Install gives options for encryption.  Are there any other differences?
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In Settings -> Software &amp; Updates -> Additional Drivers tab this window appears (for me):    I have no idea what second driver name: Unknown:Unknown is. The option to use Intel microcode for Intel CPU was intriguing so I picked it and rebooted.  Looking at my Conky monitor:    I think the system is running cooler, CPU percentage and average load factor are a little bit lower.  Other than the fact Ubuntu developers can't vet the source code, are there any pitfalls with using Intel Microcode? Does anyone know how to find out what the "unknown device" is? ie CPU, Integrated Graphics GPU, Wifi card, USB controller, Memory Bus, etc. Could it be Ubuntu doesn't know specific details about my system and I can add it to a file?  Edit 1  @karel pointed out links to duplicate questions about Intel Proprietary Microcode however, none of them ask about the title of "Unknown:Unknown". It would be nice, for me at least, to change this to something more meaningful.  Edit 2  @Pilot6 pointed out this is not a "Driver" but rather "CPU Firmware". I have changed the word "driver" to "title" in Edit 1. Also in comments below; in order to change the title "Unknown:Unknown" requires downloading source code, modifying it and recompiling.
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I had the beta drivers running previously and after a standard update it stopped working. What I've tried so far:  sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*   Then downloaded drivers from Amd website and unzipped it and ran:  sudo ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/trusty sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb   After this the Ubuntu  guide wants to make this:  aticonfig --initial   and it returns:  Unable to open /etc/ati/control, please reinstall the driver. aticonfig: No supported adapters detected   The adapter is 280x and as said, it worked previously with the same drivers and with the same installation procedure.  Any ideas?
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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?  So which driver is the best for me?
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I came across this page which demonstrates that simply two lines need to be changed in order for Windows to detect the integrated gpu and use it:   Does the above work and if so is it possible to manually control whether the integrated or discrete gpu is in use? Also, would it automatically switch over from discrete to integrated and vis-a-versa when the load requirements change?
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I keep hearing that this is a huge no-no. Why is this? I run Ubuntu mostly so it doesn't affect me, but I was just wondering.
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After installing Ubuntu 10.04 I had some flickering issues, so I tried upgrading drivers and such, then I installed the fglrx driver and the flickering have gone away but when trying to access the TTY screens from 1-6 the screen goes blank. I'm able to get back in to gnome on tty7.  any one have a suggestion on what to try here?    Dennis  the output is:  glennwiz@Linux-laptop:~$ sudo cat /dev/vcs1  Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Linux-laptop tty1  Linux-laptop login:       Nerdfest im using radeon x1300  lspci output 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300] 02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller 02:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) 02:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller 02:06.4 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 GemCore based SmartCard controller 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5753M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21) 10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)     Anyone have a suggestion?
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I have recently fallen in love with Linux. I first decided to try out Ubuntu 13.10 a few weeks ago, but I bricked it by incorrectly installing an AMD FGLRX driver. Then I reformatted and wiped that partition to try out Linux Mint 16. I did the same thing with Mint, as well as with Fedora 20, 19, and 18 (in that order). Now I am on a stable Ubuntu 12.04 because I know how to use it vastly more than the other distros I've tried and because it seems like it has the biggest online support group.  Because I am now tired of reformatting and reinstalling broken distros, I thought it would be a good idea to get at least one distro stable (Precise) and to test the driver installations and other risky modifications for that distro and others with them running in Oracle Virtual Box since I don't trust my Linux skill (lack?) at the moment. This way, I optimize the distros in the Box, take a "snapshot" like saving a video game, and try out the risky operations. If they fail and I break the distro, I can just open the snapshot up and go back to where I was right before the risky operation.   While this still seems like the best idea so far, I have noticed that the distros I have installed on Virtual Box report that I am NOT using my computer's actual hardware, and am actually using Virtual Box's "hardware", for instance, the "Innotek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics adapter.  Because of that adapter, my test graphics installations do not work properly. Even the operations I know would brick the distro with a black screen are not working. "My adapter is incompatible," FGLRX installation says, in the GUI version of installation (one of many methods).  My questions are: Can I not install these drivers inside of Virtual Box? Do I need some additional software? Is there any other virtual environment I could use for testing these distros that would result in a 100% identical virtual installation?    I am using the notoriously Linux-unfriendly Acer Aspire 5553G, which has "switchable graphics".  Those cards are the Mobility Radeon HD 4250 and 5470. The driver's I have tested so far work in Windows 7, yet do not in Linux.   Thank you all in advance!
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If there's a bad hardware driver that is causing Windows to crash during startup, how can you update the driver?  Do I need to make a boot disk?  I have the driver installation disc that came with it and tried to boot from it; obviously that didn't work.  Is there a way to do this?  I'm not sure if it's indeed a bad hardware driver that's causing the crash, but I'm getting a BSOD with a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - among other things I want to try updating the drivers, but I can't get into Windows to do it the normal way.
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I have NVIDIA Geforece 7025 / nForce 630a integrated gfx card on my UBUNTU 12.04.And I have 4 options in Additional drivers:    NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 173)   NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates)(version current updates)  NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version current)[Recommended]  NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates)(version 173 updates)   I am currently using the First option.  My Problem is there I can't update the version 173 to the latest version of drivers using xswat PPA. Whenever I do it and reboot but the NVIDIA xserver sttings always shows me the same version.  Which option would allow me to update my drivers to the current version?