Installing Nvidia 331 beta driver in Linux Mint 15 KDE

[xbmcfan]

Help Needed: Installing Nvidia 331 beta driver in Linux Mint 15 KDE

If anyone got it working, can you post the detailed instructions here.
I can only get the default 304 drivers to work and have tried over 20 different websites listing installing tips for Nvidia drivers.

 

[milomak]

your cause would be greatly helped if you posted what error messages you get

you and i have different kit so my telling you that it works on my rig helps no-one

this also raises the question - why do you want the beta driver?

 

[xbmcfan]

It says 'no screens found', an xserver error and boots to the terminal.
This is on Linux Mint KDE 15, 32 bit.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg - doesn't work
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg - after removing and reinstalling it, it doesn't make a difference.

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf - removes the problem file but
sudo nvidia-xconfig - doesn't create a workable xconfig file, still says no screens found, couldn't start xserver when you run sudo kdm/mdm.

i want to run the beta drivers, because there are so many improvements since the stable drivers.
The beta Windows drivers work 100% correct in Windows 8. Maybe I should just wait for Wayland support, so that all this xserver errors won't occur.

 

[MyWorld]

Maybe I should just wait for Wayland support, so that all this xserver errors won't occur.

Not knowing what is causing the problem will not make the problem go away after a while. It could be something simple.

I hate working on Ubuntu base distros since they have their own way of doing things, but start with:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

Paste the output here.