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nvidia
With NVidia proprietary driver, apps which grab screen like “x11vnc” doesn't work correctly.
sudo apt-get install nvidia-detect nvidia-detect Detected NVIDIA GPUs: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) Your card is supported by the default drivers and legacy driver series 304. It is recommended to install the nvidia-driver package.
Install nvidia driver
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver sudo apt-get install nvidia-xconfig sudo nvidia-xconfig
Install opensource driver
sudo apt-get purge ^nvidia-* sudo mv -vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
and restart X system