system/nvidia-driver: added rc.nvidia-persistenced.

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>

9 files changed, 211 insertions, 98 deletions

diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README
index 4e5f22ceed2f..e941e818f7c9 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/README
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README
@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ If you plan to test this buildscript on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL), to
 avoid stomping on the installed libglvnd, do:
   CURRENT="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
 
+This script now installs the nvidia-persitenced daemon.  For details, see
+README.nvidia-persitenced.
+
 Several useful utilities are included: nvidia-xsettings, nvidia-smi, and
 nvidia-settings.  Please refer to the Nvidia documentation and 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:
--------------8<---------------
-# Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
-/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u
-------------->8---------------
+
+    # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
+    /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u
 
 Notes:
 1.  You still need to blacklist the opensource nouveau driver. This is
@@ -30,7 +32,8 @@ Notes:
 2.  If nvidia-driver is already installed, there may be extraneous
     "unable to find installed file..." messages on the console and log.
     This is benign and due to the nvidia installer not being very smart.
-3.  If you want to revert back to the open source drivers, run 
-    'nvidia-switch --remove' to restore the original libGL.la and then
-    'removepkg nvidia-driver' "should" work in most cases. If not, simply
-    reinstall the orginal Mesa and xorg-server packages.
+3.  On 14.2 ONLY, if you want to revert back to the open source drivers,
+    run 'nvidia-switch --remove' to restore the original libGL.la and
+    then 'removepkg nvidia-driver' "should" work in most cases. If not,
+    simply reinstall the orginal Mesa package. (THIS STEP IS NO LONGER
+    NECESSARY ON CURRENT.)
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README.nvidia-persistenced b/system/nvidia-driver/README.nvidia-persistenced
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba1825eb8609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README.nvidia-persistenced
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+The driver now includes rc.nvidia-persistenced as an option.  While it can
+be run as root, it is more secure to run it as an unpriveleged user, so we
+run it as user nvidia.  Create the nvidia user and group with the following:
+
+    # groupadd -g 365 nvidia
+    # useradd -u 365 -g 365 -c "Nvidia" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false nvidia
+
+To activate the daemon, add the following to /etc/rc.d/local:
+
+# Start the nvidia-persistenced daemon:
+if  [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced ]; then
+    /etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced start
+fi
+
+and then 'chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced' to make it executable.
+
+Add the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown:
+
+# Stop the nvidia-persistenced daemon:
+if  [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced ]; then
+    /etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced stop
+fi
+
+NOTE: This may not work on all systems.  If you encounter problems
+with it, just 'chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.persistenced' and it will no
+longer load.  YMMV.
+
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/changelog.txt b/system/nvidia-driver/changelog.txt
index a0c7bd16d300..9f4e710aff10 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/changelog.txt
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/changelog.txt
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@
 7.1	15-Dec-2019 version update LLB, fix libs
 7.2     12-Feb-2020 version update LLB
 7.3     24-Mar-2020 version update LLB, fixes nvidia-switch; doinst; update patch (thanks Daniel B.)
+7.4     03-Apr-2020 script cleanups, added rc.nvidia-persitenced
+                    new maintainer Lenard Spencer <lenardrspencer@gmail.com>
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/doinst.sh b/system/nvidia-driver/doinst.sh
index 8ee62f049edb..392c12adb9bd 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/doinst.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@ if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
   /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications
 fi
 
-./usr/sbin/nvidia-switch --install
-
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.SlackBuild b/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
index 951f4a069c4d..97f33d6d6d32 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for nvidia-driver
 
-# Copyright 2012-2019 Edward W. Koenig, Vancouver, WA, USA
+# Copyright 2012-2019 Edward W. Koenig, Vancouver, WA, US
+# Copyright 2020 Lenard Spencer, Orlando, FL, USA
+#
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=nvidia-driver
 VERSION=${VERSION:-440.64}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 CURRENT=${CURRENT:-no}
@@ -57,6 +59,14 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# There are a couple of unresolved issues with nvidia-installer, so we
+# abort if an Nvidia driver is still installed:
+if [ -x /usr/bin/nvidia-installer ]; then
+  echo -e "\n A previous Nvidia installation has been detected!"
+  echo -e " Please remove the installed driver and rerun this script.\n"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 SRCNAM=NVIDIA-Linux-$TARGET-${VERSION}
 
 # make a clean package directory tree
@@ -120,16 +130,12 @@ cd -
 mv -f $PKG/usr/bin/nvidia-installer $TMP/$SRCNAM
 mv -f $PKG/usr/man/man1/nvidia-installer.1.gz $TMP/$SRCNAM
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" -a "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
+if [ "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
     COMP32="--install-compat32-libs --compat32-prefix=$PKG/usr"
-    MULTI="_multi"
+    MULTI="_multilib"
 else
-    if [ ! "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-        COMP32=""
-    else
-        COMP32="--no-install-compat32-libs"
-	MULTI=""
-    fi
+    COMP32="--no-install-compat32-libs"
+    MULTI=""
 fi
 
 # Install the binary libs using nvidia-installer compiled above
@@ -150,55 +156,50 @@ cd $TMP/$SRCNAM
   --log-file-name=$PKG/var/log/nvidia-installer.log \
   --egl-external-platform-config-path=$PKG/usr/share/egl/egl_external_platform.d \
   --no-nvidia-modprobe \
-  --install-libglvnd \
   $COMP32
 
-# Clean-up: we really do not need this:
-rm -rf $PKG/var/log/nvidia
-# If running current (15.0) remove duplicate libglvnd files and symlinks
+  # Move ICDs to $PKG and cleanup (no switch option in installer?)
+mv /etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd $PKG/etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd
+mv /etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json $PKG/etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json
+mv /etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/nvidia_layers.json $PKG/etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/nvidia_layers.json
+rm -rf /etc/vulkan
+# In current, mesa now puts an entry into this directory, so we
+# leave it alone if it is not empty
+if [ -z "$(ls -A /etc/OpenCL/vendors)" ]; then
+  rm -rf /etc/OpenCL
+fi
+
 if [ "$CURRENT" = "yes" ]; then
-    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libEGL.so{,.1,.1.1.0}
-    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libGL.so{,.1,.1.7.0}
-    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libGLESv1_CM.so{,.1,.1.2.0}
-    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libGLESv2.so{,.2,.2.1.0}
-    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libGLX.so{,.0}
-    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libGLdispatch.so.0
-    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libOpenGL.so{,.0} 
-    if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" -a "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
-        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libEGL.so{,.1,.1.1.0}
-        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libGL.so{,.1,.1.7.0}
-        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libGLESv1_CM.so{,.1,.1.2.0}
-        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libGLESv2.so{,.2,.2.1.0}
-        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libGLX.so{,.0}
-        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libGLdispatch.so.0
-        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libOpenGL.so{,.0}
-    fi
-# Don't ship .la files:
+# Don't ship .la files.  Also, libOpenCL.so is now included
+# in current (in ocl-icd), so we don't need this one.
     rm -f $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la
-    if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" -a "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
+    rm -f $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libOpenCL.so.1.0.0
+    if [ "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
         rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/*.la
+        rm -f $PKG/usr/lib/libOpenCL.so.1.0.0
     fi
 else
+# Correct wrong paths in /usr/lib{,64}/libGL.la
+    sed -i "s|$PKG||" $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libGL.la
+    if [ "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
+# This one points to /usr/ instead of /usr/lib/, so we need to fix it anyway
+        sed -i "s|$PKG/usr|/usr/lib|" $PKG/usr/lib/libGL.la
+    fi
 # save libGL.la for 14.2
     cd $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX
     mv libGL.la libGL.la-nvidia
     cd -
-    if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" -a "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
+    if [ "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
         cd $PKG/usr/lib
 	mv libGL.la libGL.la-nvidia
         cd -
     fi
-# Bash script to cleanly install (in doinst.sh) and uninstall the nvidia files
-# so we don't stomp on the overlapping xorg files.
+# Bash script to cleanly install (in doinst.sh) and uninstall the nvidia
+# files so we don't stomp on the overlapping xorg files.
 # Note: switching can be problematic ;-)
     install -m 0755 $CWD/nvidia-switch $PKG/usr/sbin/
     sed -i s/PKGVERSION/$VERSION/g $PKG/usr/sbin/nvidia-switch
     sed -i s/LIBDIRSUFFIX/$LIBDIRSUFFIX/g $PKG/usr/sbin/nvidia-switch
-    if [ "$GLVND" = "yes" ]; then
-        sed -i s/GLVNDFLAG/yes/g $PKG/usr/sbin/nvidia-switch
-    else
-        sed -i s/GLVNDFLAG/no/g $PKG/usr/sbin/nvidia-switch
-    fi
     if [ ${COMPAT32} = "yes" ]; then
         sed -i s/LIB32FLAG/yes/g $PKG/usr/sbin/nvidia-switch
     else
@@ -206,14 +207,6 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-# add tls
-if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" -a "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
-    install -m 755 32/libnvidia-tls.so.$VERSION $PKG/usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.$VERSION
-    cd $PKG/usr/lib
-        ln -sf tls/libnvidia-tls.so.$VERSION libnvidia-tls.so.$VERSION
-    cd -
-fi
-
 # Compile utilites from source, replacing the precompiled versions
 #
 # Compiling nvidia-settings
@@ -273,8 +266,8 @@ cd -
       -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
     CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" make
-
-    install -m 755 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-modprobe $PKG/usr/bin/
+# must be installed suid root for nvidia-persistenced to work properly
+    install -m 4755 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-modprobe $PKG/usr/bin/
     install -m 644 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-modprobe.1.gz $PKG/usr/man/man1/
   cd -
 
@@ -288,24 +281,16 @@ cd -
       -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
     CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" make
-#FIXME: need rc.nvidia-persistenced script; see doc
     install -m 755 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-persistenced $PKG/usr/bin/
     install -m 644 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-persistenced.1.gz $PKG/usr/man/man1/
   cd -
 
-# These update or correct wrong paths
+# These update the paths in nvidia-settings.desktop
 sed -i "s|__UTILS_PATH__|/usr/bin|" $PKG/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
 sed -i "s|__PIXMAP_PATH__|/usr/share/pixmaps|" $PKG/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
 sed -i "s|__NVIDIA_SETTINGS_DESKTOP_CATEGORIES__|Application;Settings;|" $PKG/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
 
-# Move ICDs to $PKG and cleanup (no switch option in installer?)
-mv /etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd $PKG/etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd
-mv /etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json $PKG/etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json
-mv /etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/nvidia_layers.json $PKG/etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/nvidia_layers.json
-rm -rf /etc/OpenCL
-rm -rf /etc/vulkan
-
-# Remove xorg conf file since we take care of that in nvidia-driver
+# Remove xorg conf file since we handle that in nvidia-kernel
 rm -rf $PKG/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
 
 cd $TMP/$SRCNAM
@@ -319,8 +304,26 @@ cat $CWD/README > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/README.Slackware
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 sed "s/PKGVERSION/$VERSION/g" $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+if [ "$COMPAT32" = "yes" ]; then
+   sed -i "s|@MULTILIB@| This package includes the 32-bit libraries.|" $PKG/install/slack-desc
+else
+   sed -i "s|@MULTILIB@||" $PKG/install/slack-desc
+fi
+
+# Add rc.nvidia-persistenced:
+mkdir -p $PKG/var/run/nvidia-persistenced
+chown nvidia:nvidia $PKG/var/run/nvidia-persistenced
+mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d
+cat $CWD/rc.nvidia-persistenced > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced
+sed -i "s|__USER__|nvidia|" $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced
+
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
+# 14.2 needs nvidia-switch, -current does not
+if [ "$CURRENT" = "no" ]; then
+  echo -e "./usr/sbin/nvidia-switch --install\n" >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+fi
+
 # Flag install as multlib as needed and build package.
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION$MULTI-$TARGET-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.info b/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.info
index 503cd19a61c3..72426486ff58 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.info
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.info
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ MD5SUM_x86_64="ba746d5b5f50369139bbed47da04aa74 \
                94b081b77eba7cfd2aa82ffda54cca90 \
                80a50eb9892588d57cca02b1822cddbd"
 REQUIRES="nvidia-kernel"
-MAINTAINER="Edward W. Koenig"
-EMAIL="kingbeowulf@gmail.com"
+MAINTAINER="Lenard Spencer"
+EMAIL="lenardrspencer@gmail.com"
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-switch b/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-switch
index 30f9a66cb0ef..af2bd1770191 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-switch
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/nvidia-switch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Copyright 2012-2019 Edward W. Koenig, Vancouver, WA, USA
+# Updates copyright 2020 Lenard Spencer, Orlando, FL, USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -20,26 +21,26 @@
 # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #
-# nvidia-switch utility 4.6
+# nvidia-switch utility 4.7.1
 #
-# A tool to install and cleanly remove the nvidia driver without stomping on the xorg files.
-# Note: this tool "should" allow switching on the fly, but why? Pick a driver! You will still
-# need to edit a bunch of other config files.
+# A tool to install and cleanly remove the nvidia driver without stomping
+# on the mesa files.  Note: this tool "should" allow switching on the fly,
+# but why? Pick a driver! You will stilll need to edit a bunch of other
+# config files.
 
-# TO-DO: needs more cleanup, simplify linking using system tools, add 15.0 fixes
-
-ROOT="${ROOT:-/}"
+# When ROOT=<PATH> is specified when using {install,upgrade,remove}pkg,
+# PATH is usually specified without a trailing "/", so we need to add it
+if [ "$ROOT" = "" ]; then
+  ROOT="${ROOT:-"/"}"
+else
+  ROOT="${ROOT}/"
+fi
 CWD=$(pwd)
 COMPAT32="LIB32FLAG" # This will be replaced in the build script (yes | no)
 LIBSUFFIX="LIBDIRSUFFIX" # This will be replaced in the build script
 INC="${ROOT}usr/include/GL"
 LIB="${ROOT}usr/lib${LIBSUFFIX}"
 LIB32="${ROOT}usr/lib"
-XMOD="${LIB}/xorg/modules"
-XLIB="$XMOD/extensions"
-NV_VERSION="PKGVERSION" # This will be replaced in the build script
-GL_VERSION="1.2.0"
-GLVND="yes" # This will be replaced in the build script (yes | no)
 
 save_GL(){
 # backup original mesa and xorg conflicts
@@ -48,11 +49,13 @@ save_GL(){
     "nvidia")
       mv libGL.la libGL.la-xorg
       mv libGL.la-nvidia libGL.la
+      /sbin/ldconfig
     ;;
 
     "xorg")
        mv libGL.la libGL.la-nvidia
        mv libGL.la-xorg libGL.la
+       /sbin/ldconfig
   ;;
 
   *)
@@ -66,11 +69,12 @@ save_GL(){
 nvidia_install(){
   echo $'Installing to nvidia-driver files!\n'
   echo "Make sure the nvidia driver is ENABLED in /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
-  echo "and in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d."
-  echo "Otherwise, this may lead to improperly working drivers."
+  echo "and/or in either /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d or"
+  echo "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d.  Otherwise, this may lead to improperly"
+  echo  -e "working drivers.\n"
 
   save_GL "nvidia" $LIB
-  
+
 # Check for multilib configuration
   if [ "$COMPAT32" = "yes" ]; then
     save_GL "nvidia" $LIB32
@@ -79,33 +83,29 @@ nvidia_install(){
 
 nvidia_remove(){
   echo $'Returning to stock xorg files!\n'
-  echo "Make sure the nvidia driver is DISABLED in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
-  echo "/etc/X11/xorg.conf and in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d."
+  echo "Make sure the nvidia driver is DISABLED in /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
+  echo "and in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d."
+  echo "(Removing nvidia-kernelis recommended to accomplish this.)"
   echo "Otherwise, this may lead to improperly working drivers."
+  echo -e "\nPlease run /sbin/ldconfing after removing nvidia-driver."
 
   save_GL "xorg" $LIB
 # Check for multilib configuration
   if [ "$COMPAT32" = "yes" ]; then
     save_GL "xorg" $LIB32
   fi
-
-  if [ -e $NV_CONF ]; then
-    echo "You will need to remove/save $NV_CONF from nvidia-driver to use"
-    echo "any open source drivers."
-  fi
 }
 
 usage(){
   echo "Usage:"
-  echo " --install    Set up nvidia driver files (do not use!)"
-  echo " --remove     Return to stock xorg files and restore all symlinks"
+  echo " --install    Set up nvidia driver files and update symlinks"
+  echo " --remove     Return to stock xorg files and restore symlinks"
   echo " --help	      Show this help message"
 }
 
 case "$1" in
   "--install")
     nvidia_install
-    
     ;;
   "--remove")
     nvidia_remove
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/rc.nvidia-persistenced b/system/nvidia-driver/rc.nvidia-persistenced
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf53fd9345e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/rc.nvidia-persistenced
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# NVIDIA Persistence Daemon Init Script
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 NVIDIA Corporation
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+# This is a sample System V init script, designed to show how the NVIDIA
+# Persistence Daemon can be started.
+#
+# This sample does not rely on any init system functions, to ensure the
+# widest portability possible.
+#
+# chkconfig: 2345 99 01
+# description: Starts and stops the NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
+# processname: nvidia-persistenced
+#
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:         nvidia-persistenced
+# Required-Start:   $ALL
+# Required-Stop:    $ALL
+# Default-Start:    2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:     0 1 6
+# Description:      Starts and stops the NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
+### END INIT INFO
+
+
+NVPD=nvidia-persistenced
+NVPD_BIN=/usr/bin/${NVPD}
+NVPD_RUNTIME=/var/run/${NVPD}
+NVPD_PIDFILE=${NVPD_RUNTIME}/${NVPD}.pid
+NVPD_USER=__USER__
+
+if [ -f ${NVPD_PIDFILE} ]; then
+  read -r NVPD_PID < "${NVPD_PIDFILE}"
+  # Remove stale runtime files
+  if [ "${NVPD_PID}" ] && [ ! -d /proc/${NVPD_PID} ]; then
+    unset NVPD_PID
+    rm -rf "${NVPD_RUNTIME}"
+  fi
+fi
+
+case "${1}" in
+  start)
+      echo "Starting NVIDIA Persistence Daemon"
+
+      # Execute the daemon as the intended user
+      ${NVPD_BIN} --user ${NVPD_USER}
+      ;;
+  stop)
+      echo "Stopping NVIDIA Persistence Daemon"
+
+      # Stop the daemon - its PID should have been read in
+      [ ! -z "${NVPD_PID}" ] && kill ${NVPD_PID} &> /dev/null
+      ;;
+  restart)
+      $0 stop
+      sleep 2
+      $0 start
+      ;;
+  *) echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+esac
+exit 0
diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/slack-desc b/system/nvidia-driver/slack-desc
index 6781f2468f39..7b63dee80eff 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/slack-desc
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/slack-desc
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ nvidia-driver:
 nvidia-driver: See /usr/doc/nvidia-driver-PKGVERSION/README.Slackware
 nvidia-driver: for more information.
 nvidia-driver:
-nvidia-driver:
+nvidia-driver: https://www.nvidia.com
 nvidia-driver: