For some time the 173.xx has been a standard on my computer that operates under Linux Mint Maya = 3.2.59 kernel. I was upset because it was always being told to me that the 304.xx driver would work. I was able to install the 304.116 - current <-------------finally the reason behind my failures ----> was -not connecting another power plug to the card- X server does not complain once again. It looks like the NVIDIA 6600GT <---------like support from the power supply 'when running the 304.xx driver. The 173.xx driver is more or less built for the 'mainline AGP <-----supported onboard power' from the Motherboard. Took a while since I am a noober to figure this out. If you note the Nvidia website--. The reason was behind not being able to scroll fast like before with firefox 33.0-- etc. keep updating seems to slow down an older p4 machine. thought I would spread the word that 'THE GEFORCE 6600GT' works fine with the 3.2.59 kernel = 304.116 drivers. Thank you, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20141021/73d82ed3/attachment.html>