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 -- jockey-gtk initially reports confusing driver choices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550083 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