From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAp4G-0006vu-Ss for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:06:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id m04G4fuF029969; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:04:41 GMT Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.180]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m04Fwq02020178 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 15:58:53 GMT Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so10407631wah.10 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:58:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=zaoDcOzpMncw3ZmFoBj2hdWRg5REWOH9864FNb4mA3Q=; b=GIHt+pw5q6PJqapku7euYZljWHr/6O/puK4YY2/dilW2tiUwoP2BBTj+jav0czrqutKHNxoeoH/AxGMFgtHOJONyLZmmSHBs5rzOJ5THLiaOLINnI5H/VcNdKGa8VJh10eY9LzFmslSMVMSU4wSVA5Ll+mYq5xiF5V8Hxk4V4+c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ay+P5dKKjBb253AuqOMoTDG0Q2cKKci2kbD9CGRy0q6Ao3QwBc9atDdOxg5hCLKP+By/sjS6+f68rSv6Lnf9aP8OHfTSN1I7osBe0jx5gHcYfK3M0ZVHIuhUqO/gQ2taLEmoOPYviNwu5s2TXjMtcfS9cMg0dXPAIrXGaTYa4Sw= Received: by 10.114.127.1 with SMTP id z1mr16830903wac.26.1199462332188; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:58:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.110.15 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:58:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10801040758h404d2957yf32bf5bae1bf5957@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:58:52 -0800 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage In-Reply-To: <1199429845.24574.21.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10801032222s5dc057d2k660eb2b69313f835@mail.gmail.com> <200801040729.16458.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com> <1199429845.24574.21.camel@rattus> X-Archives-Salt: 5121d0b6-b665-45b1-bea7-92f94ba8f4f0 X-Archives-Hash: ebd028d3a4cc8b4b7ba70e84f778c86a > Also, gentoo has an "attic" where all older ebuilds are archived. You > can grab the ebuild and any related files and use your local overlay to > keep it around for as long as you need. > > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/x11-drivers/ > > There are nvidia-drivers and a legacy branch for even older. In > nvidia-drivers there is a link to view dead files (or attic) - prob same > everywhere. > > BillK That works great but the emerge fails during installation: >>> Install nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639 into /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639/image/ category x11-drivers * Installing nvidia module * * ERROR: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1701: Called dyn_install * ebuild.sh, line 1138: Called qa_call 'src_install' * ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_install * nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639.ebuild, line 231: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * [ -f "${FILESDIR}/nvidia" ] || die "nvidia missing in FILESDIR" * The die message: * nvidia missing in FILESDIR Can anyone tell what happened? - Grant > > > The current version of nvidia-drivers I have installed is pretty old > > > but it's the last one I've found that will display the resolution of > > > my monitor correctly at 1366x768. The later versions insist on > > > 1280x768 I think. I need to re-compile the nvidia module since I'm > > > upgrading the kernel, but how can I do that if there is no ebuild? > > > > There is still the ebuild you have installed from > > in /var/db/pkg//. You can copy it over to your local > > overlay and keep it there forever. > > > > HTH... > > > > Dirk -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list