Public bug reported: The Kubuntu installation process offers this check-box on the second screen:
"Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware, Flash, MP3 and other media" box while installing Kubuntu as another form of manual installation." If you check that box, your video drivers are handled for you by a collaboration between Ubuntu and NVIDIA. The "Additional Drivers" tab in Software Sources then displays these messages when you open it: * "This device is using a manually-installed driver." * "Continue using a manually installed driver" * "No proprietary drivers are in use." It wasn't obvious to me that "manually-installed" included those of us who checked the little check-box during the installation of the operating system to have our video drivers automatically installed and managed by Ubuntu and NVIDIA. I would like to suggest that the first two messages in the "Additional Drivers" tab get changed to something like this to make it obvious that they include us: * "This device is using a manually-installed or third-party driver." * "Continue using a manually-installed or third-party driver" Or if you'd like to word it differently: * "This device is using a manually-installed or automatically-installed driver." * "Continue using a manually-installed or automatically-installed driver" ** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "The two places in which the text appears in the "Additional "Drivers" tab are marked here with arrows." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1976302/+attachment/5593898/+files/AdditionalDriversTab.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1976302 Title: software-properties Additional Drivers tab informational text enhancement Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Kubuntu installation process offers this check-box on the second screen: "Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware, Flash, MP3 and other media" box while installing Kubuntu as another form of manual installation." If you check that box, your video drivers are handled for you by a collaboration between Ubuntu and NVIDIA. The "Additional Drivers" tab in Software Sources then displays these messages when you open it: * "This device is using a manually-installed driver." * "Continue using a manually installed driver" * "No proprietary drivers are in use." It wasn't obvious to me that "manually-installed" included those of us who checked the little check-box during the installation of the operating system to have our video drivers automatically installed and managed by Ubuntu and NVIDIA. I would like to suggest that the first two messages in the "Additional Drivers" tab get changed to something like this to make it obvious that they include us: * "This device is using a manually-installed or third-party driver." * "Continue using a manually-installed or third-party driver" Or if you'd like to word it differently: * "This device is using a manually-installed or automatically-installed driver." * "Continue using a manually-installed or automatically-installed driver" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1976302/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp