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diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README index 78d093293b..cbfb71ee50 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README @@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ use nvidia-legacy390-{driver,kernel} Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: if desired, do: COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild - -GLVND GLX client libraries are now the default. If these cause any -compatibility issues with older GLX sofware, either upgrade your software -or try: - GLVND="no" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild + +If you plan to test this buildscript on current (15.0), 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 @@ -24,39 +23,3 @@ you might need to include the following line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local: /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 might have to do the switch -manually, since 'nvidia-switch --install' may fail, resulting in xorg -not working. Here are the affected files: - - /usr/lib[64]/libGL.so.1.2 - /usr/lib[64]/libGL.la - /usr/lib[64]/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.0.0 - /usr/lib[64]/libGLESv2.so.2.0.0 - /usr/lib[64]/libEGL.so.1.0.0 - /usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/libwfb.so - /usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so - -Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and and reinstall the mesa and -xorg-server packages. See 'nvidia-switch --help'. |