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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.
-NOTE: 64-bit x86_64 support ONLY for Slackware64. For x86 32-bit support,
-use nvidia-legacy390-{driver,kernel}
+NOTE: 64-bit x86_64 support ONLY for Slackware64. For x86 32-bit
+support, use nvidia-legacy390-{driver,kernel}
+
+The Wine libraries are now installed by default. To disable, pass
+ WINE="no" to the script.
+
+Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available:
+if desired, do:
-Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: if desired, do:
COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
-
-If you plan to test this buildscript on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL), to
-avoid stomping on the installed libglvnd, do:
- CURRENT="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, and for utilites such as nvidia-smi,
-you might need to 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---------------
+
+This script now gives the option of installing the nvidia-persistenced
+daemon. For details, see README.nvidia-persistenced.
+
+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, and for utilites such as
+nvidia-smi, you might need to include the following line in your
+/etc/rc.d/rc.local:
+(This is REQUIRED if you plan on running nvidia-persistenced)
+
+ # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
+ /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u
Notes:
-1. You still need to blacklist the opensource nouveau driver. This is
- easily done by installing xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist-noarch-1.txz
- in extra/xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist on the distibution DVD.
-2. If nvidia-driver is already installed, there may be extraneous
- "unable to find installed file..." messages on the console and log.
- This is benign and due to the nvidia installer not being very smart.
-3. If you want to revert back to the open source drivers, run
- 'nvidia-switch --remove' to restore the original libGL.la and then
- 'removepkg nvidia-driver' "should" work in most cases. If not, simply
- reinstall the orginal Mesa and xorg-server packages.
+1. You still need to blacklist the open source nouveau driver.
+ This is easily done by installing xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist in
+ extra/xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist on the distibution DVD.
+
+CAUTION! Please DO NOT USE this script for Slackware(64) versions 14.2
+or older as it WILL corrupt the mesa and xorg installations.
+Please use the scripts from those repos instead.