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authorEdward Koenig <kingbeowulf@gmail.com>2012-08-10 22:52:52 -0500
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2012-08-10 22:52:52 -0500
commit1d4ad08bd14d6c1dd55cad7f5ba124a845d46d70 (patch)
treec1d901df8d25aa4ca0cc0af33163a361ba953264 /system/nvidia-driver/README
parentc9be4913c88c749f8f407fba31e3d2f30688c888 (diff)
system/nvidia-driver: Updated for version 302.17.
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README
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--- a/system/nvidia-driver/README
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README
@@ -11,32 +11,24 @@ 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.
-Heinz Wiesinger, the original author of the build script, has written a
-script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch between the stock
-xorg driver and the nvidia driver, but it will not edit xorg.conf for you;
+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.
+/usr/sbin. NOTE: nvidia-switch is not supported in a COMPAT32 environment.
Usage of nvidia-switch:
- nvidia-switch --xorg <--> switch to the stock xorg files
- nvidia-switch --nvidia <--> switch to the proprietary nvidia files
- nvidia-switch --cleanup <--> switch to the stock xorg file and remove all
- symlinks created by nvidia-switch
-
-You do NOT have to run nvidia-switch after installing or upgrading the
-package. ONLY if you want to explicitely switch to the xorg files,
-afterwards switching back to nvidia files or before uninstalling the
-package.
-
-No special steps are necessary when updating nvidia-driver from a previous
-package. If you update to a newer xorg, you do not have to reinstall
-nvidia-driver either. Just run "nvidia-switch --nvidia" in that case.
-
-Before uninstalling this package, it is important that you execute
-'nvidia-switch --cleanup', which will switch back to the stock xorg files
-and remove all links created by nvidia-switch before.
-If you forget to do this, you'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg
-won't work on next startup. Here are the affected files:
+ 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'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg won't work on next startup.
+Here are the affected files:
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la}
@@ -45,4 +37,6 @@ or, for Slackware64,
/usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la}
-This also requires the nvidia-kernel and libvdpau package from SlackBuilds.org.
+Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and rename the saved '-xorg' appended files.
+
+Requires: nvidia-kernel,libvdpau \ No newline at end of file