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 98366138350 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:24:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7566E0A59; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:24:01 +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 75C5FE098F for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:24:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86EAA2400FD for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:23:58 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1586521438; bh=AJkBb+ThSlugbIsz9cL/v+G7RaSENCeLmwBqZVx1g1U=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=ISBCbTckiM7LC3Jam7B0Uzl9MPRIJBsiK8ACWGr3ACM2GWNZxTr4towX7axq84Z7P MMZpmQYdD/4hl1QKItt7DF53DLFSWCxkew2fyVwpLlYkGvEO/rO/KxT7YUHbyfHBci 4ryAIwocAf7G3MhEF27GZiBk79B/xIMDJWixpDSoIuzso/CIPFSYYmqjVVDd9O4SPQ 2gsqZCUJ6iFeMYav24aovitbdhsJzk98r5qQpnlS6x1tRCL7XwHm2rfDYzbwdwQnIk P5Ytd2UXvVEsYrIf/PXlSCWXrSvFborbc3pFqfPTsihscDDOSpuR7VPszftnPVONTS stivCqLQaG7Hg== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 48zHHd6kXQz9rxL for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:23:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:23:57 +0200 From: tuxic@posteo.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-driver installation problems... Message-ID: <20200410122357.llowxyugop3kxudh@solfire> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20200410092516.kzw2srh5l2a2cc7f@solfire> <20200410102950.1ca1c2db@digimed.co.uk> <20200410094059.ndxsudwf4ws7nphe@solfire> <20200410111141.04b1eabd@digimed.co.uk> <20200410102146.2htdcbu4ypif3o35@solfire> <20200410124817.7fdb39aa@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: <20200410124817.7fdb39aa@digimed.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: 76f29d54-04b5-4328-a59b-f31d004649ad X-Archives-Hash: c1f8c547491fdac8d945cdbda67b8864 On 04/10 12:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:21:46 +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > > > On 04/10 11:11, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:40:59 +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > /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. > > > > > > Because package.provided still doesn't contain a single version. > > > Remove the >. > > > > That leads to another problem: > > It will not detect newer version comping into portage... > > I need to include any single version available. > > That's kinda painful... > > That's the burden you take on by managing the package yourself. You have > to watch for new versions yourself. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > All generalizations are false. ...I do it, because I try to track down an issue, how Gentoo installs that very package in a way, in which Blender no longer recognize the GPU. Additional see the problem concerning Optix a view days ago with the same package...