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InstallingthenonfreenvidiadriveronLinuxMint

DebianEdition

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/331

Forthenvidiacardslistedin
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linuxx86/195.36.24/README/supportedchips.html
installfollowingpackages:
nvidiakerneldkmsnvidiaglxbuildessentialnvidiasettingsnvidiaxconfig

Whendone,execute
nvidiaxconfig
intheshell.afterareboot,thedriverisinstalled.

Foroldercardslistedin
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linuxx86/173.14.25/README/appendixa.html
installfollowingpackages:
nvidiakernellegacy173xxdkmsnvidiaglxlegacy173xxbuildessential
nvidiasettingsnvidiaxconfig
Whendone,execute
nvidiaxconfig
intheshell.afterareboot,thedriverisinstalled.

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












How to install Nvidia GeForce 210M driver on
Mint 14 Nad
http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=126807


I updated this information on 3-23-13. I have the GeForce 210 video card installed on my computer and
am using the proprietary Nvidia driver and it has worked fine so far. It should be the first one listed
under System Settings > Software Sources > Additional Drivers, the "Nvidia binary Xorg driver_from
nvidia-current". I would not recommend trying to manually install drivers unless necessary because it can
be a little tricky sometimes.
To install this driver you can check the circle next to it in the "Additional Drivers" window. Or you can
open the Synaptic Package Manager and type "Nvidia" in the search window. Check the box next to
"nvidia-current" and select "Mark for Installation" and click apply in the menu and the installation will be
handled automatically.
If you have an AMD processor like I do, then you may see one or more new messages during startup. One
is "microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin". To remove this open the Synaptic
Package Manager and in the search window type "amd". Check the box next to "amd64-microcode" and
select "Mark for Installation".
Another message that I saw was "kvm disabled by bios". To remove this I went into the BIOS and under
Advanced > CPU Configuration there was an option for "Secure Virtual Machine Mode". After setting this
to "enabled", the message was removed.
If you have problems reading the messages at startup, then use the "dmesg" command in Terminal. You
will see the log produced as the Linux kernel gets loaded. Look near the lower section of the log for the
new messages.

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