Linux Display Driver (X86) with Quadro FX 1500M

Hello,

My work laptop is quite old, and only has a Quadro FX 1500M in it. I just installed Linux Mint 17.1 on it. Is there any reason to think that the driver posted at http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/81760/en-us won’t work? It’s not on the supported list, but all succeeding versions of the Quadro FX are.

If not, does anyone have any recommendations for a driver I could use?

I have a Quadro FX 1400 (not M), which used to work well with driver version 304.125:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/80133/en-us
This lists Quadro FX 1500 (not M, for desktops) it might be worth a try.

It used to work well for me until a month ago, when I upgraded to my latest Linux release.
Now, no way to make it work with kernel 3.18.7/glibc2.20/GNOME 3.14.3, at least for me.

Upon further googling, it looks like you’re right - the page here What's a legacy driver? | NVIDIA shows the 304.xx driver as a legacy driver for the Quadro FX 1500M. Thanks!

I found this driver for Linux. It’s version 304.51.

https://d2.driverscollection.com/-44501309952a4d3e85f46b95da4/4521fd1105a28/fe57c120fde618f414d662c63a2cc00098c865c8a158950ff777bd1cd37b9a7da25c3ff39a116014ce13816cd6e53bfb6302f201/3/121/1/1348524543/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51.run