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| howtos:hardware:nvidia_optimus [2014/12/23 20:55 (UTC)] – tommyc | howtos:hardware:nvidia_optimus [2015/04/24 06:03 (UTC)] – tommyc | ||
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| Alternatively you can download the script and run it as root on your system directly. | Alternatively you can download the script and run it as root on your system directly. | ||
| - | This script detects multilib, creates the necessary group, adds users and applies the necessary / | + | This script detects multilib, creates the necessary group, adds users and applies the necessary / |
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| + | < | ||
| + | curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| It also uses upgradepkg' | It also uses upgradepkg' | ||
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| < | < | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | === Primus === | ||
| + | Primus, like optirun (instructions below) can be used to run your desired program via bumblebee. Primus also comes with a COMPAT32 option as well. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <note warning> | ||
| + | If you are using Slackware 14.0 or older you need to rebuild mesa. The new github repository does not offer a SlackBuild for mesa to support Slackware 14.0 or older. Therefore you must use Slackware 14.1 or newer, or rebuild mesa manually with a different script. One can choose to use the old repository and simply update the SlackBuild script appropriately, | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | # # For the old repository, one would have done: | ||
| + | # cd ../mesa | ||
| + | # ./ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | mesa does not have a COMPAT32 option because it is an official Slackware package, but you can easily create the compat32 package after creating the original package by using: | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | # ./ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | 1. Build and install: primus | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | # cd ../primus | ||
| + | # ./ | ||
| + | # upgradepkg --install-new primus-*.t? | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | # COMPAT32=yes ./ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| === VirtualGL === | === VirtualGL === | ||
| + | VirtualGL provides support for optirun that also allows one to run programs via bumblebee. However, it is recommended that one uses primusrun for a few reasons. | ||
| <note warning> | <note warning> | ||
| Although VirtualGL (and its dependency libjpeg-turbo) are still supported by the Bumblebee project and maintained by their developers, the new github repo does not include SlackBuild scripts for these packages. This section is for the old github repository that was once maintained by jgeboski. If you would like to use VirtualGL (e.g. you're in one of the rare cases where VirtualGL provides better performance than primus) then you can use your own personal SlackBuilds or the old ones (although the old SlackBuilds will be out-of-date). | Although VirtualGL (and its dependency libjpeg-turbo) are still supported by the Bumblebee project and maintained by their developers, the new github repo does not include SlackBuild scripts for these packages. This section is for the old github repository that was once maintained by jgeboski. If you would like to use VirtualGL (e.g. you're in one of the rare cases where VirtualGL provides better performance than primus) then you can use your own personal SlackBuilds or the old ones (although the old SlackBuilds will be out-of-date). | ||
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| < | < | ||
| # COMPAT32=yes ./ | # COMPAT32=yes ./ | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | |||
| - | === Primus === | ||
| - | Primus is another program designed to be used much like optirun. However, primus does not require VirtualGL (and therefore will not require libjpeg-turbo as well) but only requires mesa with %%--%%enable-shared-glapi (Slackware 14.0 and below must have mesa rebuilt). Primus also comes with a COMPAT32 option as well. | ||
| - | |||
| - | <note warning> | ||
| - | The new github repository does not offer a SlackBuild for mesa to support Slackware 14.0 or older. Therefore you must use Slackware 14.1 or newer, or rebuild mesa manually with a different script. One can choose to use the old repository and simply update the SlackBuild script appropriately, | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | # # For the old repository, one would have done: | ||
| - | # cd ../mesa | ||
| - | # ./ | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | mesa does not have a COMPAT32 option because it is an official Slackware package, but you can easily create the compat32 package after creating the original package by using: | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | # ./ | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1. Build and install: primus | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | # cd ../primus | ||
| - | # ./ | ||
| - | # upgradepkg --install-new primus-*.t? | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | # COMPAT32=yes ./ | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| # ./ | # ./ | ||
| # upgradepkg --install-new nvidia-kernel-*.t? | # upgradepkg --install-new nvidia-kernel-*.t? | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | # COMPAT32=yes ./ | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| ==== Post-Installation ==== | ==== Post-Installation ==== | ||
