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-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
-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.
-
-Usage of nvidia-switch:
- nvidia-switch --xorg <--> switch to the stock xorg files
- nvidia-switch --nvidia <--> switch to the proprietary nvidia files
- 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
-"nvidia-switch --nvidia" in that case.
-
-Before uninstalling this package, it is important that you execute
-'nvidia-switch --cleanup', which will switch back to the stock xorg files
-and remove all links created by nvidia-switch before.
-If you forget to do this, you'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg
-won't work on next startup. Here are the affected files:
- /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
- /usr/include/GL/{gl.h glx.h glxext.h glext.h}
- /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la}
-
-This also requires the nvidia-legacy173-kernel package from SlackBuilds.org.