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Latest revision as of 20:08, 10 November 2013
Find out what graphics card is installed
sudo lspci | grep -i vga
Then search the driver for the video card
nvidia-kernel-dkms
(For GeForce 6xxx and higher GPUs)
nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms
(For GeForce 5xxx / GeForce FX GPUs.)
nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms
(For GeForce 2, GeForce 3 and GeForce 4 GPUs.)
List which driver must be installed for which card
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
Install the Nvidia driver
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkms
Configuring the Xserver
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf
sudo reboot
Congratulations now the Nvidia graphics card is installed
--Sascha Trott (talk) 21:07, 10 November 2013 (MSK)