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| -rw-r--r-- | system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info | 8 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README index 349a6bd214f1..0ecfd8d1dad8 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -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-legacy173-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org. +This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 5) +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 complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of the @@ -8,7 +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. @@ -18,6 +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-legacy173-driver from a previous package. If you update to a newer xorg, you do not have to reinstall nvidia-legacy173-driver either. Just run diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild index 1b58cd2a8f75..2be6816062b0 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Slackware build script for nvidia-driver -# Copyright 2007-2008 Heinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at> +# Copyright 2007-2009 Heinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at> # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ # Thanks to Robby Workman for suggestions to improve this script. PRGNAM=nvidia-legacy173-driver -VERSION=173.14.12 +VERSION=173.14.18 ARCH=${ARCH:-i586} BUILD=${BUILD:-1} TAG=${TAG:-_SBo} @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo} PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp} -SRCNAM=NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VERSION-pkg1 +SRCNAM=NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VERSION-pkg0 set -e diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info index 4edcd055ec50..414cf02337ca 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ PRGNAM="nvidia-legacy173-driver" -VERSION="173.14.12" +VERSION="173.14.18" HOMEPAGE="http://www.nvidia.com" -DOWNLOAD="http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg1.run" -MD5SUM="c099b6e15ef34187571403fb017d58a1" +DOWNLOAD="http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.18/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.18-pkg0.run" +MD5SUM="480c10f3d861fd2c3cc2a46bccc961a4" MAINTAINER="ppr:kut" EMAIL="pprkut@liwjatan.at" -APPROVED="dsomero" +APPROVED="rworkman" |