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Asked: 2012-04-28 14:13:28 +0800 CST

Is it possible to install drivers used on Windows for Ubuntu?

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There aren't any drivers for the video card on my computer or for SiS in Ubuntu repositories and I know that it is poorly supported or one of least supported. I also have Windows installed and on Windows the drivers are installed and available.

Can I use wine or PlayOnLinux to install those drivers from Windows so that I have the drivers installed on Ubuntu?

Is that possible?

I have Ubuntu 12.04 beta so far and Ubuntu 11.10 installed

My video card is: 

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10)

From a previous question that I asked How to use Unity 3d and Gnome Shell without any drivers?

wine windows drivers playonlinux

2 Answers

  1. Unfortunately you can't do this. What do you mean by no drivers for your computer? Wireless networking, video, Ethernet?

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  2. In that case no, you cannot use anything but a pure linux driver for your video card.

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