
Here is the english version of my post for the installation of NVIDIA driver :
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8&p=953702 (available too on my website : http://jg.imbert.free.fr/nvidia.html)
Thanks again to karichen

I met difficulty to use NVIDIA drivers on Linux Mint 17 because of "nouveau" drivers and MESA libraries :
- Regular crash of the office environment
- Update of the MESA library canceling the use of the NVIDIA driver
- Some versions of Ubuntu "nvidia" .deb packages refusing to be installed
And it would still exist other problems after using the .deb packages according to other users of Ubuntu or derivatives such as Lubuntu, Xubuntu, etc ...
But now I find the solution to get the proprietary driver of NVIDIA on our computer without using NVIDIA .deb packages of Ubuntu

Here is the method : hope it will help you. And sorry for my English frog :p
I tested it on Linux Mint 17 - 64 bit version. It works successfully

Setup NVIDIA driver :
1°) Install the dependencies :
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sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` xserver-xorg-dev dkms
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sudo echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
sudo echo "options nouveau modeset=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
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sudo update-initramfs -u
5°) Verify that "NVIDIA" packages are uninstalled :
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sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*
7°) Execute one of the following commands :
- If you have Ubuntu :
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sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop
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sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
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sudo /etc/init.d/lxdm stop
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sudo /etc/init.d/mdm stop
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cd "Directory where you downloaded the .run file"
chmod +x *.run
sudo ./NVIDIA*.run
- Answer Yes if you see : The distribution-provided pre-install script failed ! Continue anyway ?
- Answer Yes if you see : Would you like to run the nvidia-xconfig utility [...] ?
- Answer Yes if you see : Install NVIDIA's 32-bit compatibility OpenGL libraries ?
- Answer Yes if you see the question for DKMS support (it will update NVIDIA driver for the update of the kernel of your distribution)
- Select Ok when the setup is finished.
10°) Re-correct symlinks of libGL.so (conflit with MESA) :
- For 64-bit version of your Linux distribution :
1: Add '#' at the beginning of the lines of these files : /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf et /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf
/etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf :
/etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf :#/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa
2: Execute this command :#/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa
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sudo ldconfig
Verify if the NVIDIA is correctly installed when you restart your computer at the end of the tutorial. I will add modifications if you have issues on 32-bit version of your Linux distribution.
11°) Execute this command to update the startup menu :
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sudo update-initramfs -u
If you have issues, don't hesitate to answer here or on the french post for french people

French post : http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8&p=953702
In a friendly manner,
Jackobo