Public bug reported:
When first running jockey-gtk, it initially gives the user two choices
of proprietary drives for the Broadcom wireless networking hardware on
this machine. I installed the Broadcom STA drivers and after running
jockey again, it no longer displays Broadcom 43 as an option.
Unlike the NVIDIA choices (of which there are also 2), there is no
(recommended) or other helpful text describing the options. Making the
right choice requires that the user do some research. IMHO, the
installation of drivers is already fraught with fear amongst the
majority of users. jockey makes it incredibly simple to install
proprietary drivers, but I feel that providing fewer, better choices
would be a major win for people attempting to get their hardware to
work, I also understand that since these drivers are proprietary, it may
be hard to obtain useful descriptive information, or to get details on
the differences and to adjust the provided choices accordingly. If at
all possible, fewer choices in this space would be better.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.8-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 28 03:17:04 2010
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/var/log/installer/media-info'
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D630
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic
root=/dev/mapper/storage-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: jockey
dmi.bios.date: 11/24/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A15
dmi.board.asset.tag: 161910
dmi.board.name: 0WM416
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 161910
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd11/24/2008:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD630:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WM416:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D630
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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jockey-gtk initially reports confusing driver choices
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550083
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