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diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README b/system/nvidia-driver/README
index f4e14f8b39..02348377d2 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-driver/README
+++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ 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
part of the nvidia-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.
-NOTE: 64-bit x86_64 support ONLY for Slackware64. For x86 32-bit
-support, use nvidia-legacy390-{driver,kernel}
+NOTE: This driver is ONLY for Slackware64. For x86 32-bit support, use
+nvidia-legacy390-{driver,kernel}
Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available:
-if desired, do: COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
+if desired, do:
+ COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-driver.SlackBuild
If you plan to test this buildscript on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL),
to avoid stomping on the installed libglvnd, do:
@@ -29,13 +30,13 @@ nvidia-smi, you might need to include the following line in your
fi
Notes:
-1. You still need to blacklist the open source nouveau driver. This is
- easily done by installing xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist in
+1. You still need to blacklist the open source nouveau driver.
+ This is easily done by installing xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist in
extra/xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist on the distibution DVD.
-2. If nvidia-driver is already installed, the script will abort with a
- prompt to remove the existing driver (it is not necessary to remove
- the kernel module).
+2. If nvidia-driver is already installed, the script will abort with
+ a prompt to remove the existing driver (it is not necessary to
+ remove the kernel module).
3. As of version 450.xx, Nvidia no longer includes libGL.la in their
distribution package. On 14.2 ONLY, nvidia-switch saves these
@@ -49,14 +50,14 @@ Notes:
It then modifies the .la files in /usr/lib{,64} to point to the
nvidia versions of these libraries. If you want to revert back to
the open source drivers, run 'nvidia-switch --remove' to restore
- the original mesa librarieslibGL.la and then
- 'removepkg nvidia-driver' "should" work in most cases. If you
- forget to run nvidia-switch --remove, just copy the original files
- saved in /var/log/nvidia/{32,64} back to /usr/lib{,64}.
- (THIS STEP IS NO LONGER NECESSARY ON CURRENT.)
+ the original mesa libraries, then 'removepkg nvidia-driver'
+ "should" work in most cases. If you forget to run
+ nvidia-switch --remove, just copy the original files saved in
+ /var/log/nvidia/{32,64} back to /usr/lib{,64} (don't forget to run
+ /sbin/ldconfig). (THIS STEP IS NOT NECESSARY ON CURRENT.)
4. (IMPORTANT ON 14.2) When it comes time to remove this package with
'removepkg' (or just about any other package for that matter), you
MUST run '/sbin/ldconfig' to restore any symlinks. This is due to
- an omission in removepkg that failed to run ldconfig after removing
- the package. (This has been corrected in current/15.0.)
+ removepkg not running ldconfig after removing a package.
+ (This has been added to current/15.0.)