[Slackbuilds-users] minor nvidia-driver typographical error fix

[Robby Workman]

On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:44:05 -0700
King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/11/2017 09:24 PM, Robby Workman wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:09:11 -0700
> > King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> Looks good so far.  Here is a clarification to the README pointed
> >> out by a user.  It was obvious to me that anything that access
> >> CUDA will need this, but might as well spell it out.
> >>
> >> diff --git a/system/nvidia-driver/README
> >> b/system/nvidia-driver/README index 2be9e29..f2dbaf6 100644
> >> --- a/system/nvidia-driver/README
> >> +++ b/system/nvidia-driver/README
> >> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ 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, you might need to include
> >> the -following line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
> >> +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: -------------8<---------------
> >>  # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot
> >>  /usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -u  
> > 
> > 
> > I'd recommend putting that line in rc.modules.local instead.
> > 
> > -RW
> > 
> >   
> 
> Your reasoning?  We're not loading modules but creating device nodes
> that Nvidia for some reason won't create unless you first run certain
> utilities (or programs) as root for the first time. There was talk
> years ago on devtalk.nvidia.com to make nvidia-modprobe 'setuid' so
> anyone can run it, or just run as root after boot.  Some preferred a
> udev rule.


Ah, okay - the "nvidia-modprobe" sounded like it involved loading 
kernel modules.

-RW
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