I have a Dell XPS L502X with an Nvidia GeForce GT 540M and I'd like help installing the official drivers off the Nvidia site. Every time I try I brick my installation and have to re-install. Even if I restore my Xorg.conf it still has some serious bugs. I'm currently running the drivers from inside the driver manager but I want to use the latest ones on the site.
Nvidia linux drivers on Dell XPS L502X Nvidia GeForce GT 540M
linux;linux mint;drivers;nvidia;proprietary drivers
Well because of nVidia Optimus, you cannot directly install the nVidia drivers off the nVidia site. This is cause your laptop dynamically switches from the Intel Video Card to the nVidia Card as and when needed.You will have to install Bumblebee or IronHide, I use Bumblebee and have no problems with it and recommend that.To install Bumblebee follow the steps below which I got from here, the order is important.From Package Manager:install bumblebee with bbswitch-dkmsinstall primusinstall bumblebee-nvidia  (the Manager will add a few dependencies - accept these as well)From Driver Manager (accessible through Control Centre) install recommended Nvidia driver