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# slapt-get -i kernel-source
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# wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/260.19.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.21.run
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# chmod a+x NVIDIA*.run
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# ./!$
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# slapt-get -i kernel-source
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# wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/260.19.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.21.run
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# chmod a+x NVIDIA*.run
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# ./!$
There is not.zAchAry wrote:Can you, or anyone else, test an easier way to do it?
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$ export VER=260.19.21; gksu /usr/sbin/slapt-get -i kernel-source && wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/$VER/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VER.run && gksu sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VER.run; unset VER
Easier than running 4 simple commands? Copy-paste them in a script and run one command (the script).zAchAry wrote:Can you, or anyone else, test an easier way to do it?
Oh yes you're partly right. Without option you can't. But you can add a simple option to force it to run even if X is running (after all it's just compiling and installing a driver. It's not related at all to a running X session) : --no-x-checkthenktor wrote:@JRD: This won't work. AFAIK you have to install the driver in init 3.
You can get old build off slackbuild.org repo. Nvidia releases a lot of bug fix and enhancement every now and then. If you wish to install latest and greatest, you need to follow what I posted initially. In my opinion it wont get any easier otherwise.zAchAry wrote:Can you, or anyone else, test an easier way to do it? For instance, combining slapt-get and slapt-src (click here to see an example).
These are the packages that available at SBo via the slapt-src command: SlackBuilds.org - Search Results for "nvidia"
I'm not using nvidia, therefor I won't write such post.
Actually it does get easier to upgrade the driver after you installed it using your method. To install the latest driver, just run the installer of your current driver with the "--update" option.grumpy.biatch wrote:In my opinion it wont get any easier otherwise.
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./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.21.run --upgrade
Could you please also provide the url of the latest nvidia driver for x86_64. Or explain how I could find it.grumpy.biatch wrote:This in my opinion is the easiest way to install nvidia -
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# wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/260.19.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.21.run