Re: [gentoo-user] Re: module-init-tools : masked opponent

[Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>]

130309 »Q« wrote:
> 130309 Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> 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 ?
> ISTR you start with USE="-*".

Yes & I do need to remember to check the USE flags for sensitive pkgs.

> When you built kmod, was it with the tools flag enabled ?
> The virtual requires it.

  root:502 ~> emerge -pv kmod
    ...
    sys-apps/kmod-12-r1 USE="-debug -doc -lzma -static-libs -tools zlib" ...

Apparently not, so that's something to try.

> I went with kmod because of what the masking comment
> for module-init-tools said, and I haven't noticed any trouble.
> I've got nvidia-drivers-310.32.

Same here.

The actual Xorg error was "can't find module Nvidia",
so another question is whether it has to be listed somewhere for Kmod ?

Thanks so far.  It looks as if the change needs a 'news' msg.

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