Nvidia Geforce 310M graphics drivers Minecraft glx missing

[mathematicallysplendid]

Hello

I am having some graphics card trouble.

I am fairly new to Ubuntu (and Linux in general) and am primarily a windows user.

I have an Asus K52Jc series laptop with an Nvidia Geforce 310m graphics card.

I need to install a later or better driver for the graphics card as I am having quite the plethora of issues running minecraft. Error reports suggest that I do not have "glx" (I'm not sure what exactly this is) and I do not know what drivers I currently have.

If any wayward enthusiast or someone with experience with this graphics card or one like it could provide some information regarding how to find what drivers I have, and how to fix them for my graphics card, I would be much appreciative.

Thank you.

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64bit Ubuntu 12.04

[mathematicallysplendid]

I found the answer.

Evidently Nvidia Optimus doesn't play nicely with linux based operating systems. http://askubuntu.com/questions/13607...lution-problem

Bumblebee is recommended for nvidia cards.
http://www.bumblebee-project.org/install.html#Ubuntu

[ath88]

This worked for me too. Its brilliant.