Public bug reported: 1. Click on hardware icon on first boot-up or selecting "Hardware Drivers" from the Applications->System menu. 2. Box pops up recommending activation of nVidia driver version 185 (in my case). 3. Click on "Activate" 4. Driver line in top box turns grey. Nothing else happens. 5. If left long enough (> 10 min), driver installation box disappears completely.
ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Oct 10 20:13:50 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 MachineType: MSI MS-7522 Package: jockey-kde 0.5.5-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=b955ed61-a445-4365-ace2-8f3434499d96 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic SourcePackage: jockey Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V3.3 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MSI X58 PLATINUM SLI(MS-7522) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV3.3:bd04/02/2009:svnMSI:pnMS-7522:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMSIX58PLATINUMSLI(MS-7522):rvr1.0:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7522 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI ** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- Proprietary Hardware Driver Activation Fails in Kubuntu 9.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs