From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-103383-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1N7Mh0-0007Vl-Ft for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:21:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5D64E090E; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:21:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out6.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out6.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.109]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE03E097B for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:17:37 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAOYz90p8qXjo/2dsb2JhbADaBYIwC4IDBIFoeIlU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,705,1249228800"; d="scan'208";a="24582806" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.169.120.232]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out6.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 09 Nov 2009 13:17:07 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FAF21B1DA0B for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:17:07 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lU3sU6s3dtWw for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:17:04 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.48.1] (troll [192.168.48.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 792CA1B1D861 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:17:04 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server upgrading problem From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20091109011353.3b02ac13@majikthise> References: <594FE8B8-3A3B-4F5C-957A-15E6A3E8D671@wright.org> <20091109011353.3b02ac13@majikthise> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:17:04 +0800 Message-Id: <1257743824.12532.4.camel@troll> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4e14c9f2-3afa-44fe-8fdf-f2d0e578460f X-Archives-Hash: eb20292ff2379ff3dd76a129788cfe5c On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 01:13 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:46:15 -0600, Roy Wright wrote: > > > Was at xorg-server-1.6.3 and current sync tried to upgrade to 1.7.1, > > which failed to compile. In researching on b.g.o., discovered that > > nvidia has not released a driver yet that will work with 1.7.1, so > > followed the bug report directions and masked out several packages to > > prevent 1.7.1 upgrading. > > I have had xorg-server-1.7.1 and nvidia-drivers-190.42-r[23], working > together since Nov 3rd, with no masking or keywording, although this is > on ~amd64. For a while the newer xorg was blocked but as soon as the > newer nvidia-drivers hit portage, everything upgraded without a hitch. > I am just in the process of updating a machine stored for over a year - relatively straight forward except its taking awhile as expected. It has an old TNT nvidia card that needs the older drivers (169 something with 2.6.21 is working on it at the moment - I upgraded to 2.6.31 and belatedly remembered this Achilles heal for nvidia stuff :) Are the older nvidia drivers locked to older kernels? If so, is there a map that tells what driver version is usable with which kernels? BillK