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| author | Edward Koenig <kingbeowulf@gmail.com> | 2011-06-18 18:54:53 -0500 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2011-06-18 18:54:53 -0500 |
| commit | dc95f30c4b5d749ec5038db2bfd72684b557d3f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 78259c585a8acae726ee22d97bf627cb689daf10 /system/nvidia-driver/README | |
| parent | c2cc4dceb751d377eec6f0a88e4a33292aff1456 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-dc95f30c4b5d749ec5038db2bfd72684b557d3f0.tar.gz | |
system/nvidia-driver: Updated for version 270.41.19.
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/nvidia-driver/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/nvidia-driver/README | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README index ad76586bd5..8521adb0e7 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README @@ -2,15 +2,23 @@ This is the proprietary binary video driver from NVidia for the X.Org X-server. This package does not include the kernel-module - it is a part of the nvidia-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org. +Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available, so pass + +SRCSUFFIX="" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild + +You will need to download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.yy.zz.run version +instead of NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.yy.zz-no-compat32.run + Since this nvidia-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of the nvidia-driver package itself backs up the conflicting files and puts the nvidia-specific files into place. -Heinz Wiesinger, the author of the build script, has written a script called -nvidia-switch, which is used to switch between the stock xorg driver and -the nvidia driver, but it will not edit xorg.conf for you; you have to do -that manually. The nvidia-switch script is installed to /usr/sbin. +Heinz Wiesinger, the original author of the build script, has written a +script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch between the stock +xorg driver and the nvidia driver, but it will not edit xorg.conf for you; +you have to do that manually. The nvidia-switch script is installed to +/usr/sbin. Usage of nvidia-switch: nvidia-switch --xorg <--> switch to the stock xorg files @@ -35,4 +43,9 @@ won't work on next startup. Here are the affected files: /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la} +or, for Slackware64, + + /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2 + /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la} + This also requires the nvidia-kernel and libvdpau package from SlackBuilds.org. |