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author Edward W. Koenig2014-07-13 17:57:37 +0200
committer Willy Sudiarto Raharjo2014-07-16 13:26:34 +0200
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system/nvidia-driver: Updated for version 340.24.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: if desired, do:
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. Two optional utilities, nvidia-modprobe and
-nvidia-persistenced, can be installed with:
- OPTAPPS="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
+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
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ Usage of nvidia-switch:
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.
+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