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This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 4
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Backwards) from NVidia for the X.Org X-server. This package does not
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include the kernel-module - it is a part of the nvidia-kernel package
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at SlackBuilds.org.
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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 the
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nvidia-specific files into place.
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Heinz Wiesinger, the author of the build script, has written a script called
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nvidia-switch, which is used to switch between the stock xorg driver and
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the nvidia driver, but it will not edit xorg.conf for you; you have to do
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that manually. The nvidia-switch script is installed to /usr/sbin.
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Usage of nvidia-switch:
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nvidia-switch --xorg <--> switch to the stock xorg files
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nvidia-switch --nvidia <--> switch to the proprietary nvidia files
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nvidia-switch --cleanup <--> switch to the stock xorg file and remove all
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symlinks created by nvidia-switch
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You do NOT have to run nvidia-switch after installing or upgrading the
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package. ONLY if you want to explicitely switch to the xorg files,
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afterwards switching back to nvidia files or before uninstalling the
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package.
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No special steps are necessary when updating nvidia-driver from a previous
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package. If you update to a newer xorg, you do not have to reinstall
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nvidia-driver either. Just run "nvidia-switch --nvidia" in that case.
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Before uninstalling this package, it is important that you execute
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'nvidia-switch --cleanup', which will switch back to the stock xorg files
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and remove all links created by nvidia-switch before.
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If you forget to do this, you'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg
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won't work on next startup. Here are the affected files:
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/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
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/usr/include/GL/{gl.h glx.h glxext.h glext.h}
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/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la}
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This also requires the nvidia-legacy96-kernel package from SlackBuilds.org.
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