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-rw-r--r--system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README14
-rw-r--r--system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild6
-rw-r--r--system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info8
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README
index 349a6bd214..0ecfd8d1da 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README
+++ b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/README
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-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-legacy173-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.
+This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 5)
+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
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ 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
+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.
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ Usage of nvidia-switch:
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-legacy173-driver
from a previous package. If you update to a newer xorg, you do not have
to reinstall nvidia-legacy173-driver either. Just run
diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild
index 1b58cd2a8f..2be6816062 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Slackware build script for nvidia-driver
-# Copyright 2007-2008 Heinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at>
+# Copyright 2007-2009 Heinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at>
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
# Thanks to Robby Workman for suggestions to improve this script.
PRGNAM=nvidia-legacy173-driver
-VERSION=173.14.12
+VERSION=173.14.18
ARCH=${ARCH:-i586}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
-SRCNAM=NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VERSION-pkg1
+SRCNAM=NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VERSION-pkg0
set -e
diff --git a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info
index 4edcd055ec..414cf02337 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info
+++ b/system/nvidia-legacy173-driver/nvidia-legacy173-driver.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
PRGNAM="nvidia-legacy173-driver"
-VERSION="173.14.12"
+VERSION="173.14.18"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.nvidia.com"
-DOWNLOAD="http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg1.run"
-MD5SUM="c099b6e15ef34187571403fb017d58a1"
+DOWNLOAD="http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.18/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.18-pkg0.run"
+MD5SUM="480c10f3d861fd2c3cc2a46bccc961a4"
MAINTAINER="ppr:kut"
EMAIL="pprkut@liwjatan.at"
-APPROVED="dsomero"
+APPROVED="rworkman"