Mint 11 and IONITX driver

[herrrossi666]

Hi,

I would like to install the proprietary NVIDIA driver for my Zotac IONITX mainboard. In "Additional Drivers" a lock is shown in the icon, which I don't understand. The menu "Additional Drivers" states further that "no proprietary drivers are in use on this system". It finally states that the "driver is activated but currently not in use".

How can I use this driver?

[gn2]

Have you tried switching the PC off and back on again...?

[herrrossi666]

Yes, I have restarted the computer a couple of times since then.

[AlbertP]

Please open Terminal from the menu and execute this command:

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sudo nvidia-xconfig

[herrrossi666]

I have executed the command and get the following result:

Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
Backed up file 'etc/X11.conf/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to 'etc/X11/xorg.conf'

In the "Additional Drivers" Menu I still get "Driver activated but not currently in use".

[AlbertP]

That Additional Drivers program often says 'activated but not in use' when it is not true. Please reboot and it should be working.

[herrrossi666]

HD videos run smoothly now - I think the job is done.

Many thanks!

[AlbertP]

If you want to be really sure it's working, you can post the output of this command:

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inxi -Gx

Somewhere on the second line, there should be NVIDIA + the version number (173 or 270).

[herrrossi666]

Graphics: Card nVidia GT218 [ION] X.Org 1.10.1 Res: 1360x768@58.0hz
GLX Renderer ION/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06 Direct Rendering Yes

Is this what it should say?

[AlbertP]

Indeed, the driver is active.
100% working.

[herrrossi666]

cool!