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--- 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.