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diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README index 562b415727..fb90aabc18 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README @@ -11,32 +11,24 @@ 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 original 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; +Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch from the +xorg driver to 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. +/usr/sbin. NOTE: nvidia-switch is not supported in a COMPAT32 environment. 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: + nvidia-switch --install <--> install the nvidia files and save the + stock xorg files. + nvidia-switch --remove <--> remove the nvidia files and symlinks and + restore the stock xorg files. + +You do NOT have to run nvidia-switch after installing the package. + +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'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/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la} @@ -45,4 +37,6 @@ or, for Slackware64, /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la} -This also requires the nvidia-kernel and libvdpau package from SlackBuilds.org. +Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and rename the saved '-xorg' appended files. + +Requires: nvidia-kernel,libvdpau
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