Salix OS

To install Nvidia driver you have to install first the kernel source. Thanks to gapan here is the tip: #slapt-get -i kernel-source.
When this is done you go to the Nvidia site and download the driver of your graphic card, follow the readme and install it. Do not forget to make a file named xorg.conf in /etc/X11.
Steepleone

I see, we don't have a wiki article about this, yet. Only this one: http://salixos.org/wiki/index.php/Use_a ... org_driver Which is a bit related

Perhaps you want to create one?

Just one addition.

The proprietary nvidia driver comes with /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig.
Just upon the nvidia is active, it will try automatically adjusting your screen resolution to the best in conjunction with the monitor.

Have fun!

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa /etc/X11/xorg.conf

This is not needed.

JRD wrote:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa /etc/X11/xorg.conf

This is not needed.

Wanted to say the same

In slackbuilds.org there are 3 interesting slackbuilds for slackware 13.0:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/ ... ia-driver/
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/ ... ia-kernel/
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/ ... /libvdpau/
(nvidia-driver is the main file. nvidia-kernel and libvdpau are dependencies)

I installed my nvidia driver in this way and it worked fine. Why not include them (as packages txz or tgz) in salix repository?

For example you could create a directory "drivers"...

tasodan wrote:I installed my nvidia driver in this way and it worked fine. Why not include them (as packages txz or tgz) in salix repository?

I think, you are free to contribute those packages without that I want to claim to be the packager boss here

And thanks for the hint.

Not at all.

I'd like contributing, but...I don't have a personal repo on the web, and I don't know how creating one/upload my packages in someone. Could you help me?

tasodan wrote: Could you help me?

http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/Packaging_rules
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/S ... repository