Nvidia-GLX-Legacy

For: Mepis Linux 6 DVD / CD

by: je.saist


Nvidia-GLX, Nvidia's proprietary driver, offers high performance 3D acceleration for *nix users.

As of recent driver versions, Nvidia has removed for support for Graphics accelerators Geforce 4 and previous versions.  If you have a graphics card that is based on Riva TNT, TNT2, Geforce, Geforce 2 , Geforce 3, Geforce 4, Nforce, Nforce 2, Nforce 3, and Nforce 4, this is the guide for you.

If you have a Graphics card that is labeled with Geforce FX, Geforce 6, Geforce 7, Geforce 8, Geforce 6100, and Geforce 6150, then your graphics are supported under Nvidia-GLX.

After installing the Nvidia-Glx-Legacy Driver, Mepis may come back up to a black screen.
If this happens, follow this guide: DPKG-Reconfigure Xserver-Xorg

This guide is also built for Mepis 6 DVD. The location of the Mepis Utilities has changed in 6.04


1: Going to do things a bit backwards from the Nvidia-Glx guide.

Starting with System on the taskbar.





2: Left Click on System Configuration (Settings).





3: Under Settings, Left Click on System Administration





4: Under System, Left Click on Mepis Utilities.





5: Enter the /root password, then Left Click on OK.





6: Under Mepis Utilities Left Click on Mouse and Display.





7: Under Mouse and Display, Left Click on the tab labeled NVIDIA.





8: Alright, we are going to leave this page alone for now.





9: Go ahead and open up Synaptic, it's on the taskbar as the Yellow Box





10: Enter your /root password, then Left Click on OK.





11: Wait for Synaptic to load.





12: When Synaptic loads, Left Click on Search





13: There's a our search box.





14: In our Search box, type in nvidia-glx

Then Left Click on Search





15: Again, we have a few options for Nvidia-Glx





16: Left Click on nvidia-glx-legacy to select.





17: Right Click on nvidia-glx-legacy to get the context menu.

Then Left Click on Mark for Installation.





18: Left Click on Apply at the top of Synaptic.





19: Left Click on Apply again to confirm the changes.





20: When Synaptic finishes, Left Click on Close.





21: Go ahead and Close Synaptic.




22: We should back to the Mepis Utilities.

Left Click in the dot next to nvidia (legacy)




23: With nvidia (legacy) dotted, Left Click on Apply.





24: Mepis will confirm that the driver has been activated.





25: Left Click on OK.





26: Reboot.




Remember, if Mepis Black Screens, try this guide:  DPKG-Reconfigure Xserver-Xorg

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