It looks like drivers were installed: Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: Building dependency tree... Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: Reading state information... Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: The following extra packages will be installed: Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: dkms fakeroot nvidia-settings-313-updates python-xkit Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: screen-resolution-extra Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: Suggested packages: Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg-dev debhelper Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: Recommended packages: Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: nvidia-settings-310 Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: The following NEW packages will be installed: Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: dkms fakeroot nvidia-310 nvidia-settings-313-updates python-xkit Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: screen-resolution-extra Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: 0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Jul 8 03:59:55 ubuntu ubiquity: Need to get 69.2 MB/69.4 MB of archives.
In particular nvidia-310 was selected for your card. Was that not right for your graphics card? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203024 Title: 'Install 3rd party software' does not install proper drivers for Nvidia Geforce GTX 580 Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: To run the installer on a machine with an Nvidia Geforce GTX 580 graphics card it is necessary to use the 'nomodeset'-option. After installation, Unity runs slowly and in a very low resolution. This can be fixed by installing the nvidia-current package. I asked on the ubiquity irc chat about this, and the response was that this is a bug, hence this bug report. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1203024/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp