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 Installing the non-free nvidia-driver on Linux Mint Debian Edition

For the nvidia cards listed in

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/195.36.24/README/supportedchips.html

install following packages:

nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx build-essential nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig

When done, execute

nvidia-xconfig

in the shell. after a reboot, the driver is installed.

For older cards listed in

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.25/README/appendix-a.html

install following packages:

nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx build-essential 
nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig

When done, execute

nvidia-xconfig

in the shell. after a reboot, the driver is installed.

Comments
1 year ago	aitatanit	Sorry but this approach did not work for me under the latest 201204RC. I have Alienware M11x with GT540M GPU. I also installed the driver manually but in either case I get a blank screen after booting up (both in standard and recovery mode). Any suggestion on what could cause the problem and maybe how to fix it? Should I roll back to 201109 and update the system that way? Could it be a 64-bit vs a 32-bit issue with the base OS? Thanks for your time!!
1 year ago	shaleen13	1. Even if you forget to execute $sudo nvidia-xconfig here is how to go about Boot into recovery mode, enter su password enter command sudo nvidia-xconfig 2. Remove nouveau driver $sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau libdrm-nouveau1a 3. Reboot and there you are with new nvidia driver loaded
1 year ago	brunozck	What about the 96.43.xx driver for GeForce4 420 Go 32M?
1 year ago	nkv1	found perfect soultion here http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/subscribe/717
1 year ago	nkv1	wish me luck found this site http://dushan888.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/installing-the-nvidia-display-driver-in-linux-mint/
1 year ago	nkv1	Hello all,I am a noob at mint.I have tryed to install nvidia card but there is some problem with mint 11 getting which card it is lshw command says: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: G73 [GeForce Go 7600] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:cd000000-cdffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:ce000000$ and card exists in both lists Help me please
1 year ago	petejh	This worked perfectly for me, replacing nouveau drivers that couldn't cope with Linux kernel 3.0.0. Now I can boot up into the latest version of LMDE. Thanks very much.
1 year ago	diego	doesn´t work for me mate, my X server no longer starts... but, i followed this instructions and works fine (actually pretty nice) http://gingerbread-man.co.cc/node/10 sorry about my english (mi lengua natal es castellano ;) ) ...hope this serves as something to someone
1 year ago	itomek	If you want to use the GUI wizard instead of mucking about in xorg.conf: AFTER you run the steps outlined above: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/195.36.24/README/nvidiasettings.html % nvidia-settings This tremendously helped and got my Dual Monitors setup quickly.
1 year ago	MintyPep	To remove nvidia Logo at gdm startup: I've added this to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "NVIDIA xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" Driver "nvidia" ... Add the following line below it Option "NoLogo"
2 years ago	loukoumas	it works great!
2 years ago	carlosfrancoba	works great for me. i've got nvidia drivers working great.
2 years ago	fnkbss	Don't know how to Koninator... this nvclock thing is new to me... i have taken a look at it but I don't know much. i assume you have tried putting the command nvclock -f -F 40 in the startup-programs?
2 years ago	Koninator	Could you make fan control tutorial? I can change fan sped from 100 to 40 but when I restart PC, speed is back to 100. So I need permanent solution. And also I have to run command $ nvclock -F 40 -f few times to begin working.
2 years ago	fnkbss	Thx Elisa, didn't see it... it's corrected now
2 years ago	Elisa	Nise, just I'd suggest to press enter after 'build-essential' for the second source because the rest looks like hidden in the right page margin.

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