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diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README index e608bf4c96..0fefce671d 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README @@ -5,10 +5,16 @@ of the nvidia-legacy390-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org. Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: if desired, do: COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-legacy390-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-legacy390-driver.SlackBuild +If you plan to test this buildscript on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL), to +avoid stomping on xorg-serverand libglvnd, do: + CURRENT="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild + +If you build and install this driver on current WITHOUT using the +CURRENT="yes" flag, it will corrupt both xorg-server AND libglvnd, so +after removing the driver both packages will have to be reinstalled. + +This script now installs 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 @@ -16,44 +22,45 @@ 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--------------- - -Since this 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 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. +(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. Usage of nvidia-switch: - nvidia-switch --install <--> install the nvidia files and save the - stock xorg files. + nvidia-switch --install <--> save the stock xorg files and + install the nvidia files and symlinks. 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. +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 + nvidia-switch --install +in doinst.sh. -Before uninstalling or upgrading this package, it is important that +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: +not working. Here are the affected files (and their packages): - /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 + /usr/lib[64]/libGL.so.1.2 (mesa) + /usr/lib[64]/libGL.la (mesa) + /usr/lib[64]/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.0.0 (mesa) + /usr/lib[64]/libGLESv2.so.2.0.0 (mesa) + /usr/lib[64]/libEGL.so.1.0.0 (mesa) + /usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/libwfb.so (xorg-server) + /usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (xorg-server) Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and and reinstall the mesa and -xorg-server packages. See 'nvidia-switch --help'. +xorg-server packages. (In current, only xorg-server is affected.) + |