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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 part
-of the nvidia-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.
+X-server. This package does not include the kernel-module - it is
+part of the nvidia-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.
NOTE: 64-bit x86_64 support ONLY for Slackware64. For x86 32-bit
support, use nvidia-legacy390-{driver,kernel}
-Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: if desired,
-do:
- COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
+Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available:
+if desired, do: COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
-If you plan to test this buildscript on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL), to
-avoid stomping on the installed libglvnd, do:
+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 gives the option of installing 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.
+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: (This is required if you plan on running
+/etc/rc.d/rc.local: (This is REQUIRED if you plan on using
nvidia-persistenced)
# Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
- /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u
+ if [ -x /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe ]; then
+ /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u
+ fi
Notes:
1. You still need to blacklist the open source nouveau driver. This is
@@ -37,8 +38,10 @@ Notes:
prompt to remove the existing driver (it is not necessary to remove
the kernel module).
-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,
- just go into /usr/lib64 (as root of course) and rename libGL.la-xorg
- to libGL.la. (THIS STEP IS NO LONGER NECESSARY ON CURRENT.)
+3. As of version 450.xx, Nvidia no longer includes libGL.la in their
+ distribution package. 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, just go into /usr/lib{,64} (as root of
+ course) and rename libGL.la-xorg to libGL.la.
+ (THIS STEP IS NO LONGER NECESSARY ON CURRENT.)