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 3E18C138350 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1E5EE0943; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (cpc89902-warr7-2-0-cust45.1-1.cable.virginm.net [81.108.251.46]) (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 4993EE08DD for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C948F688C7 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:29:56 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:29:50 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-driver installation problems... Message-ID: <20200410102950.1ca1c2db@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20200410092516.kzw2srh5l2a2cc7f@solfire> References: <20200410092516.kzw2srh5l2a2cc7f@solfire> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/ZdXm+t6ynpem9QySa4hRrd9"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 6783ccb3-3723-4c07-84ea-0de78d01d7df X-Archives-Hash: ac273f7f40d83277c12db8e401e75e88 --Sig_/ZdXm+t6ynpem9QySa4hRrd9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > To examine this a little further I have put nividia-drivers > into /etc/portage/profile/package.provided: >=20 > >=3Dx11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108 =20 >=20 > 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=20 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 >=3D, to package.mask. --=20 Neil Bothwick .sig a .sog of sixpence. --Sig_/ZdXm+t6ynpem9QySa4hRrd9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl6QPI4ACgkQ92eFu0QS MJhvDA/9HSxxfgBInAzM4nXnlxQft2MXZG3QUhnEf/syXNTXFW8bwFF23hlJ1mO9 +xsfQ/+fpfW1ZMnmkXKLOsYILLgews7xFY7y+EYA2RHru/4CphB76Vh/XrM5Qt+b c/HNxa+UVADgTIIJAbtFAwAlU2kNC+7qX099CILn9FYPt9KWHG3VUn5ier+8IS+9 Ev+CEordLDSp+khRKYslL9pqsUKRvae03if1Qbwrdm+F6FQKB7KgqOO1dEQSe4s4 r2lJnAu7nJpS6jDvz282mfMLjP84rT7dKYv86zB2FlsWM2g+4ZMNDox4I4asAm6p 2fJGk4SwwG2NRxqWXKahloXw5nd1oSIsn1l4KyJRvsDUAezG2x3TUUZl2sToGQHf Twur23JadBGQuz4yu06o1utUX9bPhzdpFqmdWWCJYxqZLQw2ClHoFf4qytcuCort mEBC7PlzCYkS+rNR6dQEFSO+UNapOCfpJygSlVE+wBTTJ3uBdwY6i8izIsllXf+d 0V+53rkD45Ct4sOLbpaLeOpQli/9YN0t7OH9iDr/5+sDoc5oC2n8brqQpZniXT8A WAl21N6Vob7bnLxBxaukpIgNfJ1FPk0qRFroRyryZ+kN0TXLjQytq4ein0KXdhK/ PDJlhZOITadk5GD3CqXH6Sb6+6LIUoCeFpLD9FC6Mz3by3rJa8U= =0Thu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ZdXm+t6ynpem9QySa4hRrd9--