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This is the proprietary binary video driver from NVidia for the X.Org
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X-server. This package does not include the kernel-module - it is a part
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of the nvidia-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.
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Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: if desired, do:
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COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
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GLVND GLX client libraries are noe the default. If these cause any
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compatibility issues with older GLX sofware, either upgrade your software
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or try:
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GLNVD="no" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
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Several useful utilities are included: nvidia-xsettings, nvidia-smi, and
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nvidia-settings. Please refer to the Nvidia documentation and man pages
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for details and usage.
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For CUDA/OpenCL to work after reboot, you might need to include the
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following line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
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-------------8<---------------
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# Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
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/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u
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------------->8---------------
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Since this nvidia-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit
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complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of the
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nvidia-driver package itself backs up the conflicting files and puts
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the nvidia-specific files into place.
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Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch from
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the xorg driver to the nvidia driver, but it will not edit xorg.conf
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for you; you have to do that manually. The nvidia-switch script is
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installed to /usr/sbin. NOTE: Although nvidia-switch is aware of a
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COMPAT32 environment, its use therein is not supported.
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Usage of nvidia-switch:
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nvidia-switch --install <--> install the nvidia files and save the
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stock xorg files.
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nvidia-switch --remove <--> remove the nvidia files and symlinks and
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restore the stock xorg files.
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You do NOT have to run nvidia-switch after installing the package.
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Before uninstalling or upgrading this package, it is important that
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you execute 'nvidia-switch --remove', which will switch back to the
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stock xorg files and remove all links created by nvidia-switch during
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installation. If you forget to do this, you might have to do the switch
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manually, since 'nvidia-switch --install' may fail, resulting in xorg
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not working. Here are the affected files:
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/usr/lib[64]/libGL.so.1.2
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/usr/lib[64]/libGL.la
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/usr/lib[64]/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.0.0
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/usr/lib[64]/libGLESv2.so.2.0.0
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/usr/lib[64]/libEGL.so.1.0.0
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/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
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/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
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Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and rename the saved '-xorg'
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appended files.
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