diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README | 74 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README index 56e253398f158..bfdeabac4caa8 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-legacy390-driver/README @@ -1,29 +1,17 @@ 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. +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 is available: if desired, -do: +Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: +if desired, do: COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-legacy390-driver.SlackBuild -If you plan to test this buildscript on current/15.0, do: - - CURRENT="yes" ./nvidia-legacy390-driver.SlackBuild - -This avoids stomping on the libglvnd libraries, plus it forces the -script to use the prebuilt nvidia-installer since it no longer builds -in current. As a consequence, this script may no longer work in a VM. - -If you build and install this driver on current WITHOUT using the -CURRENT="yes" flag, it will corrupt both xorg-server AND libglvnd, so -after removing the driver both packages will have to be reinstalled. - This script now gives the option of installing the nvidia-persistenced daemon. For details see README.nvidia-persistenced. -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 @@ -33,17 +21,6 @@ properly) # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u -Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch -between the xorg and nvidia drivers, but it will not edit xorg.conf for -you; you have to do that manually. The nvidia-switch script is -installed to /usr/sbin. - -Usage of nvidia-switch: - nvidia-switch --install <--> save the stock xorg files and - install the nvidia files and symlinks. - nvidia-switch --remove <--> remove the nvidia files and symlinks and - restore the stock xorg files. - NOTES: Since nvidia-legacy390-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of @@ -51,22 +28,23 @@ the nvidia-legacy390-driver package backs up the conflicting files and puts the nvidia-specific files into place by automatically running nvidia-switch --install in doinst.sh. -Before uninstalling or upgrading this package, it is IMPORTANT that -you execute 'nvidia-switch --remove', which will switch back to the -stock xorg files and remove all links created by nvidia-switch during -installation. If you forget to do this, you might have to do the switch -manually, since 'nvidia-switch --install' may fail, resulting in xorg -not working. Here are the affected files (and their packages): - - /usr/lib[64]/libGL.so.1.2 (mesa) - /usr/lib[64]/libGL.la (mesa) - /usr/lib[64]/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.0.0 (mesa) - /usr/lib[64]/libGLESv2.so.2.0.0 (mesa) - /usr/lib[64]/libEGL.so.1.0.0 (mesa) - /usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/libwfb.so (xorg-server) - /usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (xorg-server) - -Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and and reinstall the mesa and -xorg-server packages. (In current, if libglx.so is a dead symlink, -it MUST be removed before reinstalling xorg-server.) +NEW! This package now includes a douninst.sh script, so it is no +longer necessary to run nvidia-switch --remove before uninstalling or +upgrading. However, nvidia-switch is still included for use when +xorg-server is upgraded. Usage of nvidia-switch: + nvidia-switch --install <--> save the stock xorg files and + install the nvidia symlinks. + nvidia-switch --remove <--> remove the nvidia symlinks + and restore the stock xorg files. +The affected files are: +/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (xorg-server) +/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/libnvidia-wfb.so.1 (nvidia-specific symlink) + +If you forget to run nvidia-switch --remove before upgrading +xorg-server, all you need to do is run nvidia-switch --install and all +should be well. + +CAUTION! Please DO NOT USE this script for Slackware(64) versions 14.2 +or older as it WILL corrupt the mesa and xorg installations. +Please use the script from those repos instead. |