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diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy71-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy71-driver/README deleted file mode 100644 index b28e5948b788e..0000000000000 --- a/system/nvidia-legacy71-driver/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 2 -Backwards) 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 -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 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. - -Usage of nvidia-switch: - nvidia-switch --xorg <--> switch to the stock xorg files - nvidia-switch --nvidia <--> switch to the proprietary nvidia files - 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-driver from a previous -package. If you update to a newer xorg, you do not have to reinstall -nvidia-driver either. Just run "nvidia-switch --nvidia" in that case. - -Before uninstalling this package, it is important that you execute -'nvidia-switch --cleanup', which will switch back to the stock xorg files -and remove all links created by nvidia-switch before. -If you forget to do this, you'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg -won't work on next startup. Here are the affected files: - /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 - /usr/include/GL/{gl.h glx.h glxtokens.h glext.h} - /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/{libGLcore.so libGLcore.la libglx.so libglx.la} - -This also requires the nvidia-legacy71-kernel package from SlackBuilds.org. |