Public bug reported:
I just installed Gutsy tribe 5. Impressively, I get an alert straight
away that a proprietary video driver is available. Of course I choose to
install the driver, to which I receive a box with a no entry sign and
the text:
The software source for package
nvidia-glx-new
is not enabled.
Now, I know enough to know that I should launch Synaptic and enable the
Multiverse and Universe repositories, but the Restricted Drivers icon in
the system tray is for newcomers who will not know this. Worst, the
messace could be interpreted as meaning that the software servers out
there in the Internet are not enabled - perhaps I should try again in a
few days when someone has enabled them?
I suggest that the message should go on to explain that the extra
repositories can be enabled from the System->Software Sources
configuration utility.
Perhaps it should also say which repositories should be enabled. I just
went to Software Sources, and I see that Multiverse and Universe are
indeed enabled. In fact, I kept getting that error message until I did a
Reload in synaptic. Well done on prompting the user with driver info,
but I think they need more help than the above error message.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Misleading error message - cannot install 3d drivers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134918
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