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diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README index 3095e866c7..8e1ebec91f 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ 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-legacy390-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org. -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-legacy390-driver.SlackBuild If you plan to test this buildscript on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL), to @@ -20,17 +21,18 @@ 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 for nvidia-persistenced to work properly) +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 for nvidia-persistenced to work +properly) # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u -Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch between -the xorg and nvidia drivers, but it will not edit xorg.conf for you; -you have to do that manually. The nvidia-switch script is installed to -/usr/sbin. +Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch +between the xorg and nvidia drivers, 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 --install <--> save the stock xorg files and @@ -40,9 +42,9 @@ Usage of nvidia-switch: NOTES: Since nvidia-legacy390-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a -bit complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of the -nvidia-legacy390-driver package backs up the conflicting files and puts -the nvidia-specific files into place by automatically running +bit complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of +the nvidia-legacy390-driver package backs up the conflicting files and +puts the nvidia-specific files into place by automatically running nvidia-switch --install in doinst.sh. Before uninstalling or upgrading this package, it is IMPORTANT that |