Nvidia-Glx-Legacy

For: Mepis Linux 6.0.4

by: je.saist


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

Nvidia-Glx-Legacy offers Support for the Following Graphics Adapters: Riva TNT, TNT2, Geforce, Geforce 2, Geforce 3, Geforce 4, Nforce, Nforce 2, Nforce 3, and Nforce 4.


If you have a graphics card that is a Geforce FX, Geforce 6, Geforce 7, Geforce 8, Geforce 6100, or Geforce 6150, then you should use the Nvidia-glx driver.

After installing the Nvidia-Glx 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 6.0.4. The components of Mepis Utilities are now seperate.


1: Lets get started by opening up Synaptic. It's the Yellow Box on the taskbar.





2: Enter your /root password for Synaptic

Then Left Click on OK.





3: Wait for Synaptic to Open





4: Then Left Click on Search.





5: In the Search box type in nvidia-glx






6: As usual, we have a couple of entries for nvidia-glx



7: Left Click on nvidia-glx-legacy to select


8: Right Click on nvidia-glx-legacy to bring up the context menu.





9: Then Left Click on Mark for Installation.





10: There should not be a confirmation screen.

Left Click on Apply at the top of Synaptic.





11: Left Click on Apply to confirm the changes.





12: Wait for Synaptic to complete.





13: Left Click on Close





14: Go ahead and close Synaptic.





15: Left Click on System in the Taskbar.





16: One of the changes to Mepis 6.0.4. is the seperation of the old Mepis Utilities.

Thus, we have a new entry in System for Mepis.





17: Under Mepis, Left Click on Mepis X-Windows Assistant.





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





19: Now we have the old Mouse and Window display from previous versions of Mepis.





20: Left Click on the tab for Nvidia.





21: Left Click on nvidia (legacy)





22: Then Left Click on Apply.





23: Left Click on OK




24: Then Reboot





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

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