LMDE2 MATE has no Driver Manager as in Linux Mint 17.3 MATE.

[mint_linux_user]

Any assistance with the following would be appreciated.

(1) Linux Mint 17.3 MATE has a Driver Manager function. This
identifies the graphics card and recommends the relevant driver,
eg. driver for nvidia graphics card, etc.

(2) LMDE2 MATE does not seem to have the Driver Manager
function.

Is there a relevant .deb package that I can install from the LMDE2
repository that will add the Driver Manager function ?

I need the above to automatically install all the relevant driver files
for the graphics card.

[Fred Barclay]

Actually, no, LMDE 2 does not have a driver manager at all.

Debian (and therefore LMDE) handles drivers differently than Ubuntu (and Linux Mint).

What type of video driver do you need? I've always stuck with the free drivers that are included with LMDE, so I probably won't be able to help you install another driver, but a system overview could help other people help you:

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inxi -Fxz

[mint_linux_user]

Thanks for the fast response.

(1) This is an old computer with the following graphics card:
nvidia G86M, Quadro NVS 135M.

(2) Using the LM17.3 Driver Manager, I clicked on the recommended N340 driver, and the nvidia graphics card works fine.

(3) However, in LMDE2 the nvidia graphics card is not working properly.

(4) In the LMDE2 synaptic package manager, there are quite a
number of .deb packages listed that seem to be related to the N340 driver.

Which of these packages should be installed ?

[Fred Barclay]

Looking at https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers, can you run the following commands for me?

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lspci -nn | grep VGA

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sudo apt-get install nvidia-detect
sudo nvidia-detect

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inxi -Fxz

Cheers!

[kevinthefixer]

Fred has the right of it, although I'm not sure the nvidia-detect command needs root priveleges--it makes no changes to the system, merely tells you what driver package to install. Also, you can install the nvidia-detect package, the driver package that it will recommend when you run it, and nvidia-xconfig from the software manager. You'll probably also want the nvidia-settings package, it's a GUI tool to set things like screen resolution, color balance, etc.

So install the recommended driver package, then run

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sudo nvidia-xconfig

in terminal BEFORE you reboot. After rebooting you'll be running your proprietary Nvidia driver.