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diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README index 9f87edbdff..fcfcc44a51 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README @@ -1,21 +1,14 @@ 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 +X-server. This package does not include the kernel-module - it is a part of the nvidia-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org. -NOTE: This driver is 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} 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, do: - CURRENT="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild - -This avoids stomping on the libglvnd libraries, plus it forces the -script to use the prebuilt nvidia-installer since it no longer builds -in current. As a consequence, this script may no longer work in a VM. + COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild This script now gives the option of installing the nvidia-persitenced daemon. For details, see README.nvidia-persitenced. @@ -26,12 +19,11 @@ 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): +/etc/rc.d/rc.local: +(This is required if you plan on running nvidia-persistenced) # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot - if [ -x /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe ]; then - /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u - fi + /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u Notes: 1. You still need to blacklist the open source nouveau driver. @@ -42,26 +34,9 @@ Notes: a prompt to remove the existing driver (it is not necessary to remove the kernel module). -3. As of version 450.xx, Nvidia no longer includes libGL.la in their - distribution package. On 14.2 ONLY, nvidia-switch saves these - files to /var/log/nvidia/{32,64}: - - libGL{,ESv1_CM,ESv2}.la - libGL.so.1.2.0 - libGLESv1_cm.so.1.1.0 - libGLESv2.so.2.0.0 - - It then modifies the .la files in /usr/lib{,64} to point to the - nvidia versions of these libraries. If you want to revert back to - the open source drivers, run 'nvidia-switch --remove' to restore - the original mesa libraries, then 'removepkg nvidia-driver' - "should" work in most cases. If you forget to run - nvidia-switch --remove, just copy the original files saved in - /var/log/nvidia/{32,64} back to /usr/lib{,64} (don't forget to run - /sbin/ldconfig). (THIS STEP IS NOT NECESSARY ON CURRENT.) +3. With Slackware 15.0, nvidia-switch has been dropped once and for + all as there are no longer any conflicts. -4. (IMPORTANT ON 14.2) When it comes time to remove this package with - 'removepkg' (or just about any other package for that matter), you - MUST run '/sbin/ldconfig' to restore any symlinks. This is due to - removepkg not running ldconfig after removing a package. - (This has been added to current/15.0.) +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 script from those repos instead. |