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Nvidia driver
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:01 am
by GiteZz
Hello everyone!
I have a question, in windows I had a Nividia control panel, but it seems that I can't find it in Linux? I have linux mint 13, and a nvidia geforce gt540m.
Thanks in advance!
Re: Nvidia driver
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:19 am
by kc1di
Hi GiteZz and welcome to Mint,
In order to get the Nvidia control panel you have to install the Nvidia Driver for your card.
You don't say which version of Mint you are using is it mint 13 or 14? if it's 13 there is a tool call additional drivers that will do it for you.
let us know which version of mint your using.
Re: Nvidia driver
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:55 am
by nomko
What you want is a package called nvidia-settings to be installed. This you can do by opening a terminal and copy/paste or typing the following coomand:
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sudo -apt-get install nvidia-settings
Re: Nvidia driver
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:21 am
by GiteZz
kc1di wrote:Hi GiteZz and welcome to Mint,
In order to get the Nvidia control panel you have to install the Nvidia Driver for your card.
You don't say which version of Mint you are using is it mint 13 or 14? if it's 13 there is a tool call additional drivers that will do it for you.
let us know which version of mint your using.
Thanks, I use mint 13 mate, I tried additional drivers but it didn't found any additional driver.
nomko wrote:What you want is a package called nvidia-settings to be installed. This you can do by opening a terminal and copy/paste or typing the following coomand:
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sudo -apt-get install nvidia-settings
Thanks, now I click on a think in the start menu that says Nvidia x server settings, but when I click there comes an error:
Details: Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/nvidia-settings" (No such file or directory)
Thanks in advance!
Re: Nvidia driver
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:58 am
by nomko
GiteZz wrote:Details: Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/nvidia-settings" (No such file or directory)
Open a terminal and type the following command:
Reboot and try to start the Nvidia settings manager.
Re: Nvidia driver
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:02 pm
by cra1g321
GiteZz wrote:Hello everyone!
I have a question, in windows I had a Nividia control panel, but it seems that I can't find it in Linux? I have linux mint 13, and a nvidia geforce gt540m.
Thanks in advance!
Have u installed the Nvidia driver in Linux Mint ?
If you open the "Additonal Drivers" program, you should see a list of drivers, for example -
If you do have one enabled there should be a green light to indicate that it is activated and in use.