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Taige

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Registered: 2025-08-19

Posts: 39

Mainboard drivers and printer

How can I check if the motherboard drivers have been installed correctly, what version has been installed and or if they are old and need to put someone newer?

I am referring to this drivers:
- Main chipset driver
- Usb ports
- Integrated chip audio on motherboard
- Ethernet controller

Same for the printer, where do I see if the driver has been installed and if it's the latest version?

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,560

Re: Mainboard drivers and printer

I see you have asked about this before, so first of all, ANY question about hardware should always be accompanied by the output of

inxi -F

Just open Konsole, type that in and copy/paste the result at the end of your question.
This is not windows so do not expect it to act like windows.
Support for your hardware is built in to the linux kernel and reinforced with various modules dependant on hardware.
If your hardware is working then that's fine.
If you have very new hardware that is not working properly then you may need to look at a newer kernel to support it.
That can be easily installed via backports - see https://www.q4os.org/dqa011.html section 3.6
However, you have an ASUS motherboard dating from around 2010 so I do not think it is likely that would be of any benefit.

Printer - that's an interesting question. Linux is moving to driverless printing. That's a bit of misnomer but it will do. https://openprinting.github.io/driverless/ will tell you more about it.
However, certain printers do not behave 100% as they should with driverless. Epson and Brother seem to be the main ones affected but they continue to provide driver packages so we are OK at the moment.
If your printer is working then there's nothing to worry about. If it isn't, then ask - but again, provide details of the printer.
How you install the printer depends on which version of Q4OS you are using.

Last edited by bin (2025-12-07 08:04)

Taige

Member

Registered: 2025-08-19

Posts: 39

Re: Mainboard drivers and printer

I see you have asked about this before, so first of all, ANY question about hardware should always be accompanied by the output of

inxi -F

Just open Konsole, type that in and copy/paste the result at the end of your question.
This is not windows so do not expect it to act like windows.
Support for your hardware is built in to the linux kernel and reinforced with various modules dependant on hardware.
If your hardware is working then that's fine.
If you have very new hardware that is not working properly then you may need to look at a newer kernel to support it.
That can be easily installed via backports - see https://www.q4os.org/dqa011.html section 3.6
However, you have an ASUS motherboard dating from around 2010 so I do not think it is likely that would be of any benefit.

Printer - that's an interesting question. Linux is moving to driverless printing. That's a bit of misnomer but it will do. https://openprinting.github.io/driverless/ will tell you more about it.
However, certain printers do not behave 100% as they should with driverless. Epson and Brother seem to be the main ones affected but they continue to provide driver packages so we are OK at the moment.
If your printer is working then there's nothing to worry about. If it isn't, then ask - but again, provide details of the printer.
How you install the printer depends on which version of Q4OS you are using.

Thanks for all this information, I'll check back later.
And yes about the motherboard, it's a 2008 model from Asus, an M3N78 PRO.
Some people are amazed when I point it out........... and I don't understand why. If it works, why change it?