I would like to know if there is a repository or a away to find out the proprietary drivers of my machine components. When i do
sudo lshw
in the terminal, i see:celicoo description: Notebook product: P65xRP (NULL) vendor: Notebook version: Not Applicable serial: Not Applicable width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-3.0 dmi-3.0 smp vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=NULL sku=NULL uuid=80FA5B34-872E-0000-0000-000000000000 *-core description: Motherboard product: P65xRP vendor: Notebook physical id: 0 version: Not Applicable serial: Not Applicable slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M. *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc. physical id: 0 version: 1.05.01 date: 07/18/2016 size: 64KiB capacity: 15MiB capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot uefi *-memory:0 UNCLAIMED description: Flash Memory physical id: 1b slot: System board or motherboard capacity: 16MiB *-bank UNCLAIMED description: FLASH Non-volatile product: 25Q Series vendor: GigaDevice physical id: 0 size: 16MiB width: 8 bits *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 34 slot: L1 Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data configuration: level=1 *-cache:1 description: L1 cache physical id: 35 slot: L1 Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back instruction configuration: level=1 *-cache:2 description: L2 cache physical id: 36 slot: L2 Cache size: 1MiB capacity: 1MiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified configuration: level=2 *-cache:3 description: L3 cache physical id: 37 slot: L3 Cache size: 6MiB capacity: 6MiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified configuration: level=3 *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 38 bus info: cpu@0 version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M. slot: U3E1 size: 3472MHz capacity: 4005MHz width: 64 bits clock: 100MHz capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch epb intel_pt tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp cpufreq configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8 *-memory:1 description: System Memory physical id: 39 slot: System board or motherboard *-bank:0 description: [empty] physical id: 0 slot: ChannelA-DIMM0 *-bank:1 description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz (0,5 ns) product: CT16G4SFD8213.C16FAD vendor: 859B physical id: 1 serial: A80F8ED3 slot: ChannelA-DIMM1 size: 16GiB width: 64 bits clock: 2133MHz (0.5ns) *-bank:2 description: [empty] physical id: 2 slot: ChannelB-DIMM0 *-bank:3 description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz (0,5 ns) product: CT16G4SFD8213.C16FAD vendor: 859B physical id: 3 serial: A022BF42 slot: ChannelB-DIMM1 size: 16GiB width: 64 bits clock: 2133MHz (0.5ns) *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED physical id: 1 *-memory:3 UNCLAIMED physical id: 2 *-pci description: Host bridge product: Skylake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 07 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=skl_uncore resources: irq:0 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: Skylake PCIe Controller (x16) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 07 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:122 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:de000000-df0fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888) *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:123 memory:de000000-deffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:df000000-df07ffff *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: HD Graphics 530 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 06 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: iomemory:2f0-2ef iomemory:2f0-2ef irq:132 memory:2ffe000000-2ffeffffff memory:2fe0000000-2fefffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff *-usb description: USB controller product: Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 14 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 version: 31 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0 resources: iomemory:2f0-2ef irq:128 memory:2fff010000-2fff01ffff *-usbhost:0 product: xHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic xhci-hcd physical id: 0 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 4.10 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=16 speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:0 UNCLAIMED description: Generic USB device product: EgisTec_ES603 vendor: EgisTec physical id: 7 bus info: usb@1:7 version: 2.00 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: Bluetooth wireless interface vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 8 bus info: usb@1:8 version: 0.01 capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00 configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s *-usbhost:1 product: xHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic xhci-hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2 logical name: usb2 version: 4.10 capabilities: usb-3.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=8 speed=5000Mbit/s *-communication description: Communication controller product: Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 16 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0 version: 31 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0 resources: iomemory:2f0-2ef irq:124 memory:2fff025000-2fff025fff *-storage description: SATA controller product: Sunrise Point-H SATA Controller [AHCI mode] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 17 bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0 version: 31 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:130 memory:df504000-df505fff memory:df507000-df5070ff ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:df506000-df5067ff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0 version: f1 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 ioport:4000(size=12288) memory:df100000-df2fffff ioport:70000000(size=1241513984) *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #5 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4 version: f1 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:df400000-df4fffff *-generic description: Unassigned class product: RTL8411B PCI Express Card Reader vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:6d:00.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=rtsx_pci latency=0 resources: irq:129 memory:df405000-df405fff memory:df410000-df41ffff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:6d:00.1 logical name: enp109s0f1 version: 12 serial: 80:fa:5b:34:87:2e size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8411-2_0.0.1 07/08/13 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:131 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:df404000-df404fff memory:df400000-df403fff *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #7 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.6 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.6 version: f1 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:18 memory:df300000-df3fffff *-network description: Wireless interface product: Wireless 3165 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:6e:00.0 logical name: wlp110s0 version: 81 serial: ac:2b:6e:30:43:ff width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.10.0-21-generic firmware=22.391740.0 ip=192.168.0.7 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:134 memory:df300000-df301fff *-isa description: ISA bridge product: Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 31 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-memory UNCLAIMED description: Memory controller product: Sunrise Point-H PMC vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 version: 31 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz (30.3ns) configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:df500000-df503fff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: Sunrise Point-H HD Audio vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 31 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32 resources: iomemory:2f0-2ef iomemory:2f0-2ef irq:125 memory:2fff020000-2fff023fff memory:2fff000000-2fff00ffff *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: Sunrise Point-H SMBus vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4 version: 31 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 resources: iomemory:2f0-2ef memory:2fff024000-2fff0240ff ioport:f040(size=32) *-scsi:0 physical id: 3 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: SanDisk SD8SN8U5 physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 0000 serial: 163000421392 size: 476GiB (512GB) capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=5b282218-25bf-4e7f-b3a9-58242e67d403 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 *-volume:0 description: Windows FAT volume vendor: mkfs.fat physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: /boot/efi version: FAT32 serial: 6d45-c6f7 size: 510MiB capacity: 511MiB capabilities: boot fat initialized configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro name=EFI System Partition state=mounted *-volume:1 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: 5c8a8314-d4e3-49f0-8d07-633ad501d689 size: 476GiB capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2017-05-28 19:01:43 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-05-30 22:11:32 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2017-05-30 22:11:32 state=mounted *-scsi:1 physical id: 4 logical name: scsi2 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: KINGSTON SUV300S physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: 12.G serial: 50026B726401A47C size: 447GiB (480GB) capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=eba52f24-5473-4616-b93e-52a688ba1d1c logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sdb1 version: 1.0 serial: 3ed63ba1-6aed-43f0-b8d0-cc2f11f1f37c size: 512MiB capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2017-05-28 19:30:47 filesystem=ext4 label=Partition 2 modified=2017-05-28 19:30:47 mounted=2017-05-28 19:30:47 name=EFI System Partition state=clean *-volume:1 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sdb2 version: 1.0 serial: ebc83c28-628f-48d5-833b-4f2ba96b49b3 size: 446GiB capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2017-05-28 18:13:01 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-05-28 18:39:44 mounted=2017-05-28 18:39:45 state=clean
But I not finding the drivers by the name.
Thank you.
Answer
Proprietary drivers for Ubuntu (desktop systems) may be needed only for graphics (Nvidia or AMD) and Broadcom wireless adapters.
You have the Nvidia drivers installed.
Nothing else is needed. All other drivers are in the Linux kernel.
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