[08:51] <hot_wheelz> jea,  head_victim  hi 
[08:51] <jea> Hi
[08:52] <hot_wheelz> any idea why additional drivers aren't being  detected in 12.10 when they were in previous versions?
[08:53] <jea> what type of drivers are they?
[08:56] <hot_wheelz> NVIDIA Graphics 
[08:57] <jea> is it an optimus system?
[08:58] <jea> If it is switchable, sometimes it is not detected
[08:58] <hot_wheelz> Dell XPS 1501X
[08:58] <jea> but if you should have the drivers, you can install them manually
[08:58] <jea> I know they just released a new version
[09:03] <hot_wheelz> i don't know what card it uses 
[09:04] <jea> It is hard to know what drivers to suggest if you don't know which card
[09:04] <jea> and I can't find reference to that model in searches
[09:07] <hot_wheelz> give me a min
[09:18] <hot_wheelz> i know it's nvidia but can't find it.
[09:19] <jea> ok
[09:19] <jea> if it definitely is nvidia, you can install the drivers still
[09:21] <jea> as per this http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/11/new-nvidia-driver-doubles-performance-on-linux
[09:21] <jea> you should be able to download the nice new drivers from geforce.com
[09:23] <hot_wheelz> you still need to know the chipset
[09:23] <jea> it is normally the same driver for all chipsets, if it a relatively recent one
[09:23] <jea> going back to the 6xxx series, even
[09:24] <jea> I will be back a bit later
[09:24] <head_victim> They've moved where the "additional drivers" are. They're now in the Update manager
[09:24] <hot_wheelz> i know that
[09:25] <head_victim> Ok just checking, that caught me out entirely when I upgraded
[09:25] <hot_wheelz> ok
[09:25] <hot_wheelz> thanks mate
[09:25] <head_victim> If it's not showing up there, more likely than not it's no longer considered current and moved to legacy support
[09:26] <hot_wheelz> on nvidia
[09:27] <head_victim> Not really sure to be honest, do you have a model number of the video card?
[09:27] <head_victim> The laptop model number is too generic
[09:28] <hot_wheelz> i thought it was like a 640m but that didn't show up as being in dells
[09:29] <head_victim> So it's a fairly new laptop then? All the 1501's I googled before were pretty old
[09:30] <hot_wheelz> it's 1501x
[09:30] <hot_wheelz> XPS
[09:30] <head_victim> Yeah sorry, they can release so many different combinations under the same generic model number it's impossible to tell what it is off that alone
[09:31] <hot_wheelz> yeah i know what you mean
[09:31] <head_victim> In a terminal if you type "lspci | grep VGA" it should show more information
[09:31] <hot_wheelz> better i dea
[09:32] <hot_wheelz> i have the same laptop running windows aswell\
[09:32] <hot_wheelz> same spec
[09:38] <hot_wheelz> head_victim, 
[09:39] <hot_wheelz> GT420M
[09:43] <head_victim> Ah, my suggestion then is to follow the instructions in the link jea posted above, he was spot on
[09:43] <head_victim> No idea why they're not showing up but the switchable video cards are notoriously poor when it comes to auto detect
[09:46] <hot_wheelz> the thing is they used to something changed that is causing them not be flagged would you agree
[09:47] <head_victim> Could be anything though, I would have no idea where to even begin to start looking.
[09:47] <head_victim> If you're interested I'd ask on the forums or ask ubuntu for an answer
[09:48] <head_victim> That sort of informatino would require detailed knowledge of drivers beyond your average user. I don't even know how they're detected.
[09:48] <hot_wheelz> ok thanks guys
[09:49] <head_victim> No worries, sorry we couldn't answer but hopefully it will at least work. 
[09:49] <head_victim> I'll be back later I'm heading afk for a while
[09:49] <hot_wheelz> ok