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authorHeinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at>2010-05-11 22:26:51 +0200
committerDavid Somero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>2010-05-11 22:26:51 +0200
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-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
+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-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.
-Since this nvidia-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit
+Since this nvidia-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit
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 author of the build script, has written a script called
nvidia-switch, which can be used to switch between the stock xorg driver and
-the nvidia driver, but it will not edit xorg.conf for you; you have to do
+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.
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
-Before uninstalling this package, it is important that you execute
-'nvidia-switch --xorg', which will switch back to the stock xorg files.
-If you forget to do this, you'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg
+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:
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/include/GL/{gl.h glx.h glxext.h glext.h}