From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02801198003 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:40:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09C68E0684; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:40:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6889E05F5 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A49B2EA55B for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:40:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Om4PoN9O79K0 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:40:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [98.143.96.43]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id CF8972EA598 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:40:38 -0500 (EST) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:40:38 -0500 Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:40:38 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] module-init-tools : masked opponent Message-ID: <20130309144038.GB912@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20130309130745.GA912@ca.inter.net> <513B43F4.1030803@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <513B43F4.1030803@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 0611b18c-ed20-4f3a-92b0-36dfbcb879e7 X-Archives-Hash: 18ef9fc71f486a64081860acb71a3aac 130309 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 09/03/2013 15:07, Philip Webb wrote: >> Doing my usual Saturday system update, I saw a prominent msg >> telling me that 'module-init-tools' has been masked >> & to use 'kmod' or 'modutils' -- the msgs vary -- to replace it. >> When I did so (both), Nvidia wouldn't start, even after remerging it. >> Back with 'module-init-tools' -- now in 'package.unmask' -- all is well. >> Does anyone know what's going on ? -- did I miss a 'news' item ? > Did you reboot after the updates? Of course : second nature (smile). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca