Cannot install additional drivers on fresh install

[EugeneK]

Hi

I just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 - bit and want to install additional drivers, it shows me list of available drivers but when select driver and press Activate it very quickly shows some wiggling dialog window, I cannot see what is written there and then shows message box - You are not authorized to perform this action.
I think it should prompt for password at this stage but it does not.
Any ideas what is wrong?

[spark60]

Have you set yourself as administrator!
Usually not authorized means you need to change your user status
Go to menu admin / users & groups change user status to admin
Hope this helps

[AlbertP]

What driver do you want to install? If it does not work, you can try it in terminal.

For NVIDIA graphics driver:

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apt install nvidia-current

For ATI/AMD graphics driver:

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apt install fglrx