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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2016-11-14 15:21:54 -0500
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2016-11-15 21:41:38 +0700
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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.
+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: if desired, do:
COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
-Several useful utilities are included: nvidia-xsettings, nvidia-smi, and
+Several useful utilities are included: nvidia-xsettings, nvidia-smi, and
nvidia-settings. Please refer to the Nvidia documentation and man pages
for details and usage.
-For CUDA/OpenCL to work after reboot, you might need to include the
+For CUDA/OpenCL to work after reboot, you might need to include the
following line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
-------------8<---------------
# Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
@@ -18,28 +18,32 @@ following line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
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.
+nvidia-driver package itself backs up the conflicting files and puts
+the nvidia-specific files into place.
-Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch from the
-xorg driver to 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. NOTE: Although nvidia-switch is aware of a COMPAT32 environment,
-its use therein is not supported.
+Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch from
+the xorg driver to 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. NOTE: Although nvidia-switch is aware of a
+COMPAT32 environment, its use therein is not supported.
Usage of nvidia-switch:
nvidia-switch --install <--> install the nvidia files and save the
- stock xorg files.
+ stock xorg files.
nvidia-switch --remove <--> remove the nvidia files and symlinks and
- restore the stock xorg files.
+ restore the stock xorg files.
You do NOT have to run nvidia-switch after installing the package.
-Before uninstalling or upgrading this package, it is important that you execute
-'nvidia-switch --remove', which will switch back to the stock xorg files
-and remove all links created by nvidia-switch during installation. If you forget
-to do this, you might have to do the switch manually, since 'nvidia-switch --install'
-may fail, resulting in xorg not working. Here are the affected files:
+Before uninstalling or upgrading this package, it is important that
+you execute 'nvidia-switch --remove', which will switch back to the
+stock xorg files and remove all links created by nvidia-switch during
+installation. If you forget to do this, you might have to do the switch
+manually, since 'nvidia-switch --install' may fail, resulting in xorg
+not working. Here are the affected files:
+
/usr/lib[64]/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la}
-Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and rename the saved '-xorg' appended files.
+
+Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and rename the saved '-xorg'
+appended files.