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diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README index 671061016757c..e3936f377163e 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README @@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ 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-legacy390-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org. -Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries in 64-bit multilib is -available. If desired, do: +Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: +if desired, do: COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-legacy390-driver.SlackBuild -This script now gives the option of installing the nvidia-persistenced -daemon. For details see README.nvidia-persistenced. +This script now gives the option of installing the nvidia-persitenced +daemon. PLEASE read README.nvidia-persitenced before building with +perstistenced. Several useful utilities are included: nvidia-xsettings, nvidia-smi, and nvidia-settings. Please refer to the Nvidia documentation and man @@ -15,16 +16,14 @@ 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 for nvidia-persistenced to work -properly) +/etc/rc.d/rc.local: - # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot - /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u +# Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot +if [ -x /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe ]; then + /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u +fi NOTES: -It is now no longer required to remove the old driver before running -this script. - Since nvidia-legacy390-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of the nvidia-legacy390-driver package backs up the conflicting files and |