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nvidia driver

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Hi

I have linux mint kde installed and i want to install the nvidia driver.
I have tried installing nvidia-detect with ap-get but the message i get is "unable to locate package nvidia-detect"
I am new to linux but i think this may be something to do with the sources.list? or repository?
Can someone please help to fix this.

thanks
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First let's have a look in the box. Please generate an overview of your system like this:
- launch a terminal window and make it full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz
(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.
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Hi Pjotr

Thank you for your input. I have since (I think) managed to get nvidia driver 331 running via the driver manager which I did not know existed.
However 3d performance is not great and I have some flickering when scrolling in applications. eg firefox chrome.

System: Host: mint Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
Machine: Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z87-HD3 version: x.x Bios: American Megatrends version: F6 date: 08/03/2013
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-4670 CPU (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 27134.4
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz 3: 800.00 MHz 4: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF114 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) tty size: 80x41 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA GF114 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-37-generic
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (6.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SH103S3 size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 102G used: 6.8G (8%) fs: ext4 ID: /boot size: 236M used: 45M (20%) fs: ext2
ID: swap-1 size: 8.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 0.0:33C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 180 Uptime: 35 min Memory: 1229.1/7938.7MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
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After looking at that output shouldnt it be listing nvidia driver 311?
Here is a screenshot of driver manager
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You might try if you get a better result with a later version of the Nvidia driver, by means of the mamarley PPA:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... nvidia-PPA
(item 1, left column)
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Try this:

Open terminal

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa -y

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-346

reboot
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Churchland wrote:$ ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
The xorg-edgers PPA is a less safe choice than the mamarley PPA: if you're not very careful, xorg-edgers installs a lot more than just the Nvidia driver, thus putting your entire system "on the edge".

mamarley on the other hand, only contains the latest Nvidia drivers and nothing else. That's why the mamarley PPA is the safer option. :)
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Churchland wrote:Try this:

Open terminal

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa -y

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-346

reboot
Hi Churchland and thanks for the info.
Pjotr how can I change the repository in Churchlands suggestion to mamarley please

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mamarley/ppa -y would this code do it?

Really appreciate the help, if I could just fix this graphics issue I can finally make the move to linux permanent.
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Forgot to say that I checked nvidia site for recommended driver by searching and it came up with 346,349 and 352
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Pjotr wrote:
Churchland wrote:$ ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
The xorg-edgers PPA is a less safe choice than the mamarley PPA: if you're not very careful, xorg-edgers installs a lot more than just the Nvidia driver, thus putting your entire system "on the edge".

mamarley on the other hand, only contains the latest Nvidia drivers and nothing else. That's why the mamarley PPA is the safer option. :)
Thanks for the info, I'm really new to linux and was unsure which one is best. I have the xorg working well right now, should I switch to the mamarley? If so, how would I go about doing the switch?

Thanks
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See my second reply in this thread: it contains the web link to the how-to for the mamarley PPA.
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Sorry Pjotr should have found that myself having read it! :oops:

Thank you very much for your help

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mamarley/nvidia
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-352
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