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authorHeinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at>2010-05-12 17:45:42 +0200
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2010-05-12 17:45:42 +0200
commit64600e168d257845b877a8fc2c46462f4cab94f8 (patch)
tree4b2a899612f91eae46276087b0b97ce79ecd71a8 /system/nvidia-legacy96-driver/README
parent8c0c17a2eea1cf17e89a35293bde6b4313381ded (diff)
system/nvidia-legacy96-driver: Updated for version 96.43.11
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ 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
+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; you have to do
that manually. The nvidia-switch script is installed to /usr/sbin.
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ Usage of nvidia-switch:
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.