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So installing updates on my 14.04 64bit UEFI system this morning, got these:

Install: libefivar0:amd64 (0.21-1~14.04.2, automatic), mokutil:amd64 (0.3.0-0ubuntu3~14.04.1, automatic)
Upgrade: shim-signed:amd64 (1.9+0.8-0ubuntu2, 1.17~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2), dkms:amd64 (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.04.5, 2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.04.6)

I was presented with a choice to turn off Secure Boot or my "third party drivers" wouldn't work. Not being sure if I had "third party drivers" or not, I consented to turn off Secure Boot.

It all went well, including a reboot, although now I get an annoying "booting in insecure mode" message.

My question is: Is this indication from "Software and Updates" adequate to confirm that I have no "third party drivers" installed?

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Organic Marble
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The easiest way to check if you have 3rd party DKMS modules is to use

dkms status

command.

But there is a possibility that you installed some modules without using DKMS. But you should know if you installed something from source.

Pilot6
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No, the indication from "Software and Updates" is not adequate to confirm that you have no "third party drivers" installed.

I had the same issue this morning when installed updates to my Dell 64 bit UEFI system (Ubuntu 15.10). I have a dual-boot setup with Windows 10. Back when I installed Ubuntu last year, I had to install a third party driver for the wireless chip, so during this morning's update, I agreed/opted to disable secure boot. In my "additional drivers" tab in settings, it reports (like your screen shot), "no propriety drivers are in use." However, I know I installed a wifi driver from intel, named iwlwifi, which is listed when I issue "lsmod" from the command line.

I too am now getting the "booting in insecure mode" message during boot, but it doesn't bother me - it's a quick small message, and I interpret it in a positive light to mean simply that Windows is not in control of my boot process.

Now on Linux version 4.2.0-42-generic.

Bluesail20
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Had the same message,... Basically, if you are using proprietary drivers for your video chipset, or your wireless chipset, you are using 3rd party drivers. Commonly, AMD or nVidia drivers are proprietary. Some Atheros and Broadcom drivers are proprietary, as well. A dead giveaway is if you have dkms (Dell Kernel Module Support) run when you do a 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' (you typically won't see this unless you do your updates from the command line or you use synaptic package manager and view the update text window).

JaseP
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