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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
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part 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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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. Two optional utilities, nvidia-modprobe and
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nvidia-persistenced, can be installed with:
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OPTAPPS="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
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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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Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch from the
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xorg driver to the nvidia driver, but it will not edit xorg.conf for you;
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you have to do that manually. The nvidia-switch script is installed to
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/usr/sbin. NOTE: Although nvidia-switch is aware of a COMPAT32 environment,
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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 you execute
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'nvidia-switch --remove', which will switch back to the stock xorg files
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and remove all links created by nvidia-switch during installation. If you forget
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to do this, you'll have to do the switch manually, or xorg won't work on next startup.
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Here are the affected files:
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/usr/lib[64]/libGL.so.1.2
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/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/{libglx.so libglx.la}
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Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and rename the saved '-xorg' appended files.
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