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diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README index 416ed5aed6..1dabafaf15 100644 --- a/system/nvidia-driver/README +++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README @@ -1,24 +1,31 @@ -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 +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-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org. -Since this nvidia-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a bit +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 can be 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 +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 -Before uninstalling this package, it is important that you execute -'nvidia-switch --xorg', which will switch back to the stock xorg files. -If you forget to do this, you'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg +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 glxext.h glext.h} |