Ubuntu
software-properties package

"Software sources" name does not suggest one can use this app to install devices drivers

Bug #1046238 reported by Nicolas Delvaux on 2012-09-05

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1060543: Additional Drivers is not discoverable in Quantal. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-properties (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Since Quantal, Jockey disappeared and the driver management was merged in software-properties.

Before, we had a "Additional Drivers" entry in the control-center, which was kind of obvious.
Now, to install a driver, one have to select "Software Sources" which is, IMHO, not logical at all.

Use case:
Yesterday I needed to install the broadcom WIFI driver on a laptop (Quantal, live-usb), but I had to search on the Internet (so from another computer) to find where the install UI has moved. It never crossed my mind that it could be in "Software Sources".

See original description

Nicolas Delvaux (malizor) on 2012-09-05

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-09-05:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote on 2012-11-21:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1060543, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.