No offense intended to anyone, but one thing which I despise about the SBo packages for NVIDIA drives is that they with nonchalance mess with the files from various other packages.
So, I tried to see if I can build what I call a proper package for legacy 390.x series, as I have only a NVIDIA GeForce 605 stray within my garage.
That's why I modified the SBo SlackBuild to remove the need to mess with
nvidia-switch, the butcher tool traditionally used by any Blob worshiper.
And there we go, with the SlackBuild
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Slackware build script for nvidia-legacy390-driver
# Copyright 2012-2019 Edward W. Koenig, Vancouver, WA, USA
# Copyright 2020 Lenard Spencer, Orlando, FL, USA
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
#
# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
PRGNAM=nvidia-legacy390-driver
VERSION=${VERSION:-390.151}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
set -e
if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
case "$( uname -m )" in
i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
*) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
esac
fi
TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
TARGET="x86"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
COMPAT32=no
elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
TARGET="x86"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
COMPAT32=no
elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
TARGET="x86_64"
LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
# Set 32-bit compatibility flag default
COMPAT32=${COMPAT32:-no}
else
SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
COMPAT32=no
fi
if [ "$COMPAT32" = "yes" ]; then
MULTI="_multilib"
else
MULTI=""
fi
# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
# could be useful to other scripts.
if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION$MULTI-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
exit 0
fi
# Abort if an Nvidia driver is still installed:
if [ -x /usr/bin/nvidia-installer ]; then
echo -e "\n A previous Nvidia installation has been detected!"
echo -e " Please remove the installed driver and rerun this script.\n"
exit 1
fi
SRCNAM=NVIDIA-Linux-$TARGET-${VERSION}
# make a clean package directory tree
rm -rf $PKG
rm -rf $TMP/$SRCNAM
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT $PKG/install
mkdir -p $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/nvidia/xorg/{drivers,extensions} \
$PKG/etc/OpenCL/vendors/ $PKG/usr/{bin,doc,man/man1} \
$PKG/usr/share/{X11/xorg.conf.d,applications,nvidia,pixmaps,egl/egl_external_platform.d} \
$PKG/usr/include/GL $PKG/etc/vulkan/icd.d $PKG/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d \
$PKG/etc/X11/glvnd/egl_vendor.d $PKG/var/log
# Extract all the sources
cd $TMP
rm -rf nvidia-installer-$VERSION
tar xvf $CWD/nvidia-installer-$VERSION.tar.bz2
rm -rf nvidia-settings-$VERSION
tar xvf $CWD/nvidia-settings-$VERSION.tar.bz2
rm -rf nvidia-xconfig-$VERSION
tar xvf $CWD/nvidia-xconfig-$VERSION.tar.bz2
rm -rf nvidia-modprobe-$VERSION.tar.bz2
tar xvf $CWD/nvidia-modprobe-$VERSION.tar.bz2
sh $CWD/$SRCNAM.run --extract-only
cd $SRCNAM
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
# If you are building in a 32-bit chroot on 64-bit,
# this is now necessary or the utilities will not build:
export TARGET_ARCH=$TARGET
# Compiling the various open source apps instead of using the precompiled binaries
# Compiling nvidia-installer from source
cd $TMP/nvidia-installer-$VERSION
# First, patch for the removed sys/sysctl.h:
patch -p1 < $CWD/nvidia-installer-removed-sysctl-h.patch
# Let's try to remove the conflicting files and GPU detection
patch -p0 < $CWD/skip_conflict-GPU_detect.patch
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" LDFLAGS="-lz" make
install -m 755 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-installer $PKG/usr/bin/
install -m 644 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-installer.1.gz $PKG/usr/man/man1/
cd -
# Now we need to copy the newly patched and compiled nvidia-installer
# to the driver source tree for use
mv -f $PKG/usr/bin/nvidia-installer $TMP/$SRCNAM
mv -f $PKG/usr/man/man1/nvidia-installer.1.gz $TMP/$SRCNAM
if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" -a "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
COMP32="--install-compat32-libs --compat32-prefix=$PKG/usr"
mkdir $PKG/usr/lib
else
if [ ! "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
COMP32=""
else
COMP32="--no-install-compat32-libs"
MULTI=""
fi
fi
# Install the binary libs using nvidia-installer compiled above
cd $TMP/$SRCNAM
./nvidia-installer -s --no-kernel-module --no-drm --no-unified-memory \
-z -n -b --no-rpms --no-distro-scripts \
--no-kernel-module-source --no-x-check --force-libglx-indirect \
--x-prefix=$PKG/usr \
--x-module-path=$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/nvidia/xorg \
--x-library-path=$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
--x-sysconfig-path=$PKG/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d \
--opengl-prefix=$PKG/usr \
--utility-prefix=$PKG/usr \
--utility-libdir=lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
--documentation-prefix=$PKG/usr \
--application-profile-path=$PKG/usr/share/nvidia \
--glvnd-egl-config-path=$PKG/etc/X11/glvnd/egl_vendor.d \
--log-file-name=$PKG/var/log/nvidia-installer.log \
--egl-external-platform-config-path=$PKG/usr/share/egl/egl_external_platform.d \
--no-nvidia-modprobe \
$COMP32
# Move ICDs to $PKG and cleanup (no switch option in installer?)
mv /etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd $PKG/etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd
mv /etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json $PKG/etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json
# Compile utilites from source, replacing the precompiled versions
#
# Compiling nvidia-settings
cd $TMP/nvidia-settings-$VERSION
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
cd src/libXNVCtrl
make clean
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
make
cd ../../
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -fcommon" \
make
install -m 755 src/_out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-settings $PKG/usr/bin/
install -m 644 doc/_out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-settings.1.gz $PKG/usr/man/man1/
install -m 644 doc/nvidia-settings.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications/
install -m 644 doc/nvidia-settings.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/
# For nvidia-settings GUI support
install -m 755 src/_out/Linux_$TARGET/libnvidia-gtk2.so $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libnvidia-gtk2.so.$VERSION
install -m 755 src/_out/Linux_$TARGET/libnvidia-gtk3.so $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/libnvidia-gtk3.so.$VERSION
cd -
# Compiling nvidia-xconfig
cd $TMP/nvidia-xconfig-$VERSION
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
make
install -m 755 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-xconfig $PKG/usr/bin/
install -m 644 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-xconfig.1.gz $PKG/usr/man/man1/
cd -
# Some optional utilities, such as laptop for possible GPU switching and
# nvidia-modprobe needed to create device nodes, see README!
# FIXME: Needs cleanup at a later date.
# Compiling nvidia-modprobe
cd $TMP/nvidia-modprobe-$VERSION
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" make
# must be installed suid root for nvidia-persistenced to work properly
install -m 4755 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-modprobe $PKG/usr/bin/
install -m 644 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-modprobe.1.gz $PKG/usr/man/man1/
cd -
# The Output Class configuration file.
install -m 0644 $CWD/10-nvidia.conf $PKG/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
sed -i s/LIBDIRSUFFIX/$LIBDIRSUFFIX/g $PKG/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf
# These add or correct wrong paths
sed -i "s|__UTILS_PATH__|/usr/bin|" $PKG/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
sed -i "s|__PIXMAP_PATH__|/usr/share/pixmaps|" $PKG/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
sed -i "s|__NVIDIA_SETTINGS_DESKTOP_CATEGORIES__|Application;Settings;|" $PKG/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
# rename wrong/conficting files as needed; remove conflicting symlinks created by installer
cd $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX
rm -f libGL.la
rm -f libOpenCL.so
rm -f libOpenCL.so.*
rm -f xorg/modules/libwfb.so
# We do not need libwfb from NVIDIA.
rm -f nvidia/xorg/libwfb.so
rm -f nvidia/xorg/libnvidia-wfb.so.*
# We ship this library separately:
rm -f libnvidia-egl-wayland.so
rm -f libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.*
cd -
if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" -a "${COMPAT32}" = "yes" ]; then
rm -f libGL.la
rm -f libOpenCL.so
rm -f libOpenCL.so.*
cd -
# FIXME With COMPAT32=yes on pure x86_64, a weird /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
# symlink to $PKG/usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 appears? Who would do this,
# so ignoring for now.
fi
# Remove xorg conf file since we handle that in nvidia-legacy390-kernel
rm -rf $PKG/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
cd $TMP/$SRCNAM
# put docs in the right place
mv $PKG/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-* $PKG/usr/man/man1
rm -rf $PKG/usr/share/man
mv $PKG/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0 $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
rm -rf $PKG/usr/share/doc
cp -a LICENSE NVIDIA_Changelog README.txt $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
cat $CWD/README > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/README.Slackware
cp $CWD/README.nvidia-persistenced $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
sed "s/PKGVERSION/$VERSION/g" $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
if [ "$COMPAT32" = "yes" ]; then
sed -i "s|@MULTILIB@| This package includes the 32-bit compatibility libraries.|" $PKG/install/slack-desc
else
sed -i "s|@MULTILIB@||" $PKG/install/slack-desc
fi
cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
# Add rc.nvidia-persistenced:
if [ "${PERSISTENCED:-no}" = "yes" ]; then
cd $TMP
rm -rf nvidia-persistenced-$VERSION.tar.bz2
tar xvf $CWD/nvidia-persistenced-$VERSION.tar.bz2
# Compiling nvidia-persistenced
cd $TMP/nvidia-persistenced-$VERSION
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" make
install -m 755 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-persistenced $PKG/usr/bin/
install -m 644 _out/Linux_$TARGET/nvidia-persistenced.1.gz $PKG/usr/man/man1/
if ! getent group nvidia > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Creating the group nvidia:"
groupadd -g 365 nvidia || exit 1
fi
if ! getent passwd nvidia > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Creating the user nvidia:"
useradd -u 365 -g 365 -c "Nvidia" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false nvidia || exit 1
fi
mkdir -p $PKG/var/run/nvidia-persistenced
chown nvidia:nvidia $PKG/var/run/nvidia-persistenced
mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d
install -m 755 $CWD/rc.nvidia-persistenced $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced
sed -i "s|__USER__|nvidia|" $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.nvidia-persistenced
cat <<EOF >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
# Create group and user nvidia if they don't already exist
if ! getent group nvidia > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Creating the group nvidia:"
groupadd -g 365 nvidia || exit 1
fi
if ! getent passwd nvidia > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Creating the user nvidia:"
useradd -u 365 -g 365 -c "Nvidia" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false nvidia || exit 1
fi
EOF
fi
# Flag multlib as needed and build package.
cd $PKG
/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION$MULTI-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE
As you can notice, we don't install any
nvidia-switch, neither we use a
douninst.sh, because the installed files does not override any file form other packages.
BUT, how we resolve the problem with Xorg GLX library and drivers? We install them in another path:
/usr/lib{,64}/nvidia/xorg and we will use a little magic put in a file:
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf
Code:
# This xorg.conf.d configuration snippet configures the X server to
# automatically load the nvidia X driver when it detects a device driven by
# the nvidia-drm.ko kernel modules.
Section "OutputClass"
Identifier "nvidia"
MatchDriver "nvidia-drm"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
Modulepath "/usr/libLIBDIRSUFFIX/nvidia/xorg"
EndSection
Yep, we instruct the Xorg server to look first to
/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg for its modules, when it uses the propietary NVIDIA modules.
As bonus points, we will NOT install the NVIDIA's
libwfb as it's useles with X11 servers which already ship one, and even greater, we will setup the Xorg server to not require the traditionally
/etc/X11/xorg.conf made by hand or NVIDIA tools.
And yes, it works without messing with files from other packages, as seen in the attached screenshot on Slackware 15.0 .
Finally, please note that I never used Multilib, then I did NOT tested my custom package against it, so further tune may be needed.
With the hope that my post will show a way to better packages.
PS. This NVIDIA graphics card was mounted temporary on one of my boxes, so excuse me that the processor is an Intel i3-2120 with fine built-in graphics, BUT it's disabled for this little experiment.