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nvidia x server

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hellow im new to linuxmint 4 cinammon

and i have only one problem
wich is nvidia card i have install the corrent nvidia driver then i open it its say

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

my pc is dell xps15z i core 5

and can nvidia card work with me or try new destro but i felling good with linuxmint dont want to try another

and sorry for my words i know little english
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Please open a terminal from the menu, type the following command, and press Enter:

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inxi -Gx
This will make some useful graphics data appear. With that output I'll be able to tell you if the NVIDIA driver can be made working.
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Hello linux1mint and welcome to Mint,

I am affraid that your nvidia card is not supported very well in Linux as it is an nvidia optimus enabled card.

here is a thread that speaks to this and may offer some help.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/ho ... 7122#37122
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That it's Optimus does not mean that you cannot run the NVIDIA driver, you can install Bumblebee (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee) to get it working.

However I'd first like to see the inxi -Gx output. And please tell which Mint edition you are using.
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AlbertP wrote:That it's Optimus does not mean that you cannot run the NVIDIA driver, you can install Bumblebee (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee) to get it working.

However I'd first like to see the inxi -Gx output. And please tell which Mint edition you are using.
I agree Albertp that's why the site i listed has a link to bumblebee :)
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AlbertP wrote:Please open a terminal from the menu, type the following command, and press Enter:

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inxi -Gx
This will make some useful graphics data appear. With that output I'll be able to tell you if the NVIDIA driver can be made working.
hello

this is the answer

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Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           Card-2: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.13.0 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
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Yes, that's surely NVIDIA Optimus, you need to install Bumblebee. I already posted a link to an easy how-to for that.
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