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authorHeinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at>2010-05-12 17:45:38 +0200
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2010-05-12 17:45:38 +0200
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system/nvidia-legacy173-driver: Updated for version 173.14.18
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-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-legacy173-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.
+This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 5)
+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.
Since this nvidia-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit
complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of the
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ 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 can be used to switch between the stock xorg driver and
+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.
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ Usage of nvidia-switch:
nvidia-switch --cleanup <--> switch to the stock xorg file and remove all
symlinks created by nvidia-switch
+You do NOT have to run nvidia-switch after installing or upgrading the
+package. ONLY if you want to explicitely switch to the xorg files,
+afterwards switching back to nvidia files or before uninstalling the
+package.
+
No special steps are necessary when updating nvidia-legacy173-driver
from a previous package. If you update to a newer xorg, you do not have
to reinstall nvidia-legacy173-driver either. Just run