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diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy340-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy340-driver/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c153444101 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy340-driver/README @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +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: if desired, do: + COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild + +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, include the following line in your +/etc/rc.d/rc.local: +-------------8<--------------- +# Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot +/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u +------------->8--------------- + +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. + +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. + nvidia-switch --remove <--> remove the nvidia files and symlinks and + 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'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg won't work on next startup. +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. |