Comments on: ..:: Installing the NVIDIA Display Driver in Linux Mint ::..

By: @Robin

@Robin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:34:50 +0000

No.you can do this from the terminal it self or you can go to the place where the file is located.as for an example if the file is on your desktop you can go to that place by,
cd /home/’user’s name’/Desktop
then
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.05-pkg1.run
or you can run the required package by from a single command by giving its absolute path. it will be like this(if the package is on the desktop),
sh /home/’user’s name’/Desktop/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.05-pkg1.run
……..hope this is what you wanted to know……..

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:59 +0000

After stopping x server in the terminal do you need to return to desktop to run the package or do you do this from the terminal itself.In either case how do you do it.I have just installed Felicia and am breaking my head over this.Dont have an email connection so have to do this manually.

By: Dharq88

Dharq88 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:30:33 +0000

There’s no better way to while away the days, than having a tweak under the hood of a new o/s =)

…even if it means having to reinstall…

more than once…

lol XD

By: Dushi

Dushi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:26:20 +0000

@Darq88
Hey youv been doing lots f experimenting!Thats nice…

By: Dharq88

Dharq88 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:58:19 +0000

This method can work will work on fedora 6, and with ATI drivers too.

For newbs (like myself) “cd [enter directory]” in the terminal is how to change the directory.

Easiest way I found (if you download the driver via another internet-enabled comp) was to cut and paste the “…run” file to the desktop – that way it’s only a case of entering:

“cd Desktop” instead of remembering or noting down an overly long and complex route-file…

To make it even more basic (i came from Win32 too…) here’s what I entered into a windowed terminal in mint

“cd Desktop”

then

“sh ati-driver-installer-8-12-x86.x86_64.run” (but enter in YOUR driver-name where mine is)

The driver then unpacked itself and was ready to roll properly after the next boot.

Thanks Dushi for getting me on the right path! =)

By: chanux

chanux — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:10:28 +0000

One will have to do all these if (s)he don’t have internet or your distros repositories don’t give you the driver or if you want to just do it the hard way.

By the way tutorial is good.

By: Terry Butcher

Terry Butcher — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:30:00 +0000

You can also just wait for the prompt from the restricted driver manager and two clicks will do it. There is also EnvyNG that will install the drivers. These are both GUI solutions included in the distro. For those who don’t want to use the terminal.

By: Gaveen

Gaveen — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:58:10 +0000

Mint comes with this convenient tool called EnvyNG to automate the installation of proprietary (nVidia and ATI) drivers. It has a GUI, but you could use it on a CLI-only environment by issuing the “sudo envyng -t” command. Not that it cuts for everything, but it’s convenient if you don’t care for the latest upstream drivers.

You have a good writeup here, with useful instructions. Keep it up.