<div dir="ltr"><div>The open source community has decided to create their own open source video driver for Nvidia video cords, called Nouveau. Nouveau is compiled into the kernel and while running isn't compatible with the proprietary Nvidia drivers. Stopping the module after the system boots has proven futile. What does work is blacklisting it via a kernel option upon boot. <ol><li> Note: Run commands as sudo and back up or make notes of what you change.</li><li> Open /etc/default/grub and change: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nouveau.blacklist=1 quiet splash" Specifically add "nouveau.blacklist=1" to whatever you have. It will probably look like the above.</li> <li> Run: $ sudo update-grub2</li><li> Reboot</li><li> After the reboot you'll be promted to run in low graphics mode. Accept it and sign into your account.</li><li> Install the Nvidia hardware drivers as you normally would through "Hardware Drivers" in the Menu.</li><li> Run: $ sudo nvidia-xconfig </li><li> Restart X : Alt+Ctrl+Print_Screen+K. This should restart X but if it doesn't then restart your computer</li><li> Your screen should look like like your video card is working.</li><li> To see if Nvidia is recognized: $ inxi -xG OR:</li><li> Menu >> Nvidia X Server Settings and you should have options show up with no reported errors.</li></ol> Good luck. </div>( Google IS your friend :-) and all the above came from <a href="http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/176">http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/176</a> ) </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Daniel Villarreal <<a href="mailto:youcanlinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">youcanlinux@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Aruna Hewapathirane <<a href="mailto:aruna.hewapathirane@gmail.com">aruna.hewapathirane@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Pithy ? Uh-uh I was just trying to keep things simple and accurate... <div class="im">> Mint is usually great out of the box, strange hmm ? I know a wee bit about > hardware but I feel Charles who runs the working center up in Kitchner is > your man if you need support. > > Pithy ? I wasn't pithy... lol </div>Sorry for my poor English. :-) I figure it may be partly due to my old computer and/or old NVIDIA video card? It's not like I need super video performance on this system, anyway. I'll give it a try with the stock Intel video chip. regards, Daniel Villarreal </blockquote></div> -- Aruna Hewapathirane Consultant/Trainer Phone : 647-709-9269 Website:<a href="http://goog_1768911931" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://sahanaya.net/aruna/" target="_blank">Open Source Solutions</a> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/arunahewapathirane/home/business-card/buisness-card.png?attredirects=0" target="_blank"> </a> </div>