From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12BFC138350 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:41:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0AB9E095D; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout02.posteo.de (mout02.posteo.de [185.67.36.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EE57E0948 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68F652400FC for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:41:00 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1586511660; bh=LfbSxVsUXHfUbVnwoqGZL8dwN4rr9LBKoZOl/fh0jaM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=HtzxPZxKwg61oU/CzZBcD0P2bh3RrZZttYVk0Dn+iAjyTRv0aCQw/x5rUVH3f0mAm z6fwc6eENVduVDqAqtTwp1jlqPJY/6hunUW5znQ6JKJviHaCbHaDqAWexykAuNJbCu 0tWeIdm2GeX44/hNxmM/dB99is+5Wpk4zf3jVoyczVKBcb9CQDxmkOsVnXWPGaZ3u8 8Unb864yHxU7gCC2wDCnz6yPzVisXhByBa15ipTTFykkemyrZ0XYVSfvpygBGoQ0Wr ugfiVbcQab/oZNwM7aUZE5kYKYD9L9X3k+aJgIOqf6IbyV+28iaxvzWE7skzYI9Ur3 2bQnUb373f/1g== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 48zCgb6b8tz9rxS for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:40:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:40:59 +0200 From: tuxic@posteo.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-driver installation problems... Message-ID: <20200410094059.ndxsudwf4ws7nphe@solfire> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20200410092516.kzw2srh5l2a2cc7f@solfire> <20200410102950.1ca1c2db@digimed.co.uk> 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200410102950.1ca1c2db@digimed.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: 5d6a0c2f-dc73-46e2-9ecc-827e8b26b95b X-Archives-Hash: 44b71a6c4bcb35dd246e5005e21cead8 On 04/10 10:29, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:25:16 +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > > > If I remove nvidia-drivers and install the drivers of the same > > version as provided by nvidia itsself, everything works find. > > > > To examine this a little further I have put nividia-drivers > > into /etc/portage/profile/package.provided: > > > > >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108 > > > > which will silently be ignored and nvidia-drivers will > > be emerged...which will lead to a whole lotta mess. > > package.provided requires a specific version, try > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108 > > If you want to stop portage trying to replace this with a later version, > add ">x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108", note > not >=, to package.mask. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > .sig a .sog of sixpence. /etc/portage/profile/package.provided is still being ignored. Current content: >x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108 Emerge starts to install the newest driver available. -- Meino Cramer