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cannot load motherboard drivers

Asked by marshall

when I load the disk screen pops up it says the medium contains software intented to be automatically started. would you like to run it. when I click run Error auto running software cannot find autorun program

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

You do not need motherboard drivers in Ubuntu.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

The ones you are trying to use are Windows ones. Drivers are like a translation dictionary. What you are trying to do is like trying to use a french-english dictionary to talk to some japanese people. Linux has the equivalent to those drivers in the kernel, if it needs them, almost always anyway. Is something not working that made you think you need drivers?

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Tom :)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You willfind they are picked up automagically. The hardware on motherboards does need drivers but the stuff in Ubuntu will provide it for you. Just get your other hardware working and life will be fine.

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marshall (marsh1959) said : 		#4

thanks to all for the info

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

You're welcome. It's always good to welcome someone new into Ubuntu and into the wider linux scene too :) Welcome in!

The Windows world seems full of difficulties and quirks that i was quite glad to leave behind, although i have kept a working Windows on a dual-boot in case i ever need it. Here are some guides to help you migrate too ;) Just for skim reading sometime when you have spare time ...

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeSoftwareAlternatives

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications

Good luck and have fun :)
Regards from
Tom :)