Hi Martin, you must be the bearer of knowledge, so why does this not get shared with less experienced but interessted users?
bug 948053 Comment #42, 5.5.2012 : Have asked to publish this issue at least in the release-notes. If I don't find a hint there I've got to think everything will be going fine... This might be bad for the reputation of Ubuntu itself -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to jockey in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876499 Title: Incorrect Nvidia driver installed by checking 3rd party box Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “jockey” source package in Oneiric: Triaged Status in “jockey” source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: During 11-10 install on checking the 3rd party programs box the Nvidia 173 driver is installed. However my graphics card uses the nvidia-current driver Nov 21 19:42:19 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:Could not open DriverDB cache /var/cache/jockey/driverdb-OpenPrintingDriverDB.cache: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/cache/jockey/driverdb-OpenPrintingDriverDB.cache' ... Nov 21 19:42:20 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_96 failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_96 Nov 21 19:42:20 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_current failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_current Nov 21 19:42:20 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_173_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_173_updates Nov 21 19:42:20 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_current_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_current_updates Nov 21 19:42:20 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_173 failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_173 Nov 21 19:42:20 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_96_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_96_updates ... Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_current failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_current Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_173_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_173_updates Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_173 failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_173 Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_current_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_current_updates Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_current failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_current Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_173_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_173_updates Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_173 failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_173 Nov 21 19:42:21 ubuntu ubiquity: WARNING:root:modinfo for module nvidia_current_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia_current_updates Nov 21 19:42:30 ubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package patch. Nov 21 19:42:30 ubuntu ubiquity: (Reading database ... Nov 21 19:42:30 ubuntu ubiquity: 138193 files and directories currently installed.) ... Nov 21 19:42:32 ubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-173. Nov 21 19:42:32 ubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking nvidia-173 (from .../nvidia-173_173.14.30-0ubuntu8_i386.deb) ... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Oct 17 14:05:44 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/876499/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

