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14.2 > System > nvidia-legacy390-driver (390.141)

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-legacy390-kernel package at SlackBuilds.org.

Installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries is available: if desired,
do:
COMPAT32="yes" ./nvidia-legacy390-driver.SlackBuild

If you plan to test this buildscript on current/15.0, do:

CURRENT="yes" ./nvidia-legacy390-driver.SlackBuild

This avoids stomping on the libglvnd libraries, plus it forces the
script to use the prebuilt nvidia-installer since it no longer builds
in current. As a consequence, this script may no longer work in a VM.

If you build and install this driver on current WITHOUT using the
CURRENT="yes" flag, it will corrupt both xorg-server AND libglvnd, so
after removing the driver both packages will have to be reinstalled.

This script now gives the option of installing the nvidia-persistenced
daemon. For details see README.nvidia-persistenced.

Several useful utilities are included: nvidia-xsettings, nvidia-smi, and
nvidia-settings. Please refer to the Nvidia documentation and man pages
for details and usage.

For CUDA/OpenCL to work after reboot, and for utilites such as
nvidia-smi, you might need to include the following line in your
/etc/rc.d/rc.local: (this is REQUIRED for nvidia-persistenced to work
properly)

# Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u

Included is a script called nvidia-switch, which is used to switch
between the xorg and nvidia drivers, 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 --install <--> save the stock xorg files and
install the nvidia files and symlinks.
nvidia-switch --remove <--> remove the nvidia files and symlinks and
restore the stock xorg files.

NOTES:
Since nvidia-legacy390-driver conflicts with some files of xorg, it's a
bit complex to install/uninstall the driver. However, installation of
the nvidia-legacy390-driver package backs up the conflicting files and
puts the nvidia-specific files into place by automatically running
nvidia-switch --install in doinst.sh.

Before uninstalling or upgrading this package, it is IMPORTANT that
you execute 'nvidia-switch --remove', which will switch back to the
stock xorg files and remove all links created by nvidia-switch during
installation. If you forget to do this, you might have to do the switch
manually, since 'nvidia-switch --install' may fail, resulting in xorg
not working. Here are the affected files (and their packages):

/usr/lib[64]/libGL.so.1.2 (mesa)
/usr/lib[64]/libGL.la (mesa)
/usr/lib[64]/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.0.0 (mesa)
/usr/lib[64]/libGLESv2.so.2.0.0 (mesa)
/usr/lib[64]/libEGL.so.1.0.0 (mesa)
/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/libwfb.so (xorg-server)
/usr/lib[64]/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (xorg-server)

Simply remove the dead nvidia symlinks and and reinstall the mesa and
xorg-server packages. (In current, if libglx.so is a dead symlink,
it MUST be removed before reinstalling xorg-server.)

This requires: nvidia-legacy390-kernel

Maintained by: Lenard Spencer
Keywords:
ChangeLog: nvidia-legacy390-driver

Homepage:
http://www.nvidia.com

Source Downloads (Arch-Independent):
nvidia-installer-390.141.tar.bz2 (ff1c359809225ac9fc3562a16bc302bd)
nvidia-modprobe-390.141.tar.bz2 (baa8df62e2449ec6dd55c3d27cf23490)
nvidia-persistenced-390.141.tar.bz2 (24c4e151626dc920525966d4bd3a2dbd)
nvidia-settings-390.141.tar.bz2 (61be9b85fd9b2198cdbc555a3625d39b)
nvidia-xconfig-390.141.tar.bz2 (94c281d2704d87809176e3084102bfee)

Source Downloads (32bit):
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-390.141.run (f3e6660ffe5338b17b7e643d0eceb57e)

Source Downloads (64bit):
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.141.run (0c7fc061349bbb2f0d7e26af9f1b082a)

Download SlackBuild:
nvidia-legacy390-driver.tar.gz
nvidia-legacy390-driver.tar.gz.asc (FAQ)

(the SlackBuild does not include the source)

Validated for Slackware 14.2

See our HOWTO for instructions on how to use the contents of this repository.

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