From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWf9u-0002sR-4k for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:58:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D1729E00B3; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:58:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.lockdownnetworks.com (red.lockdownnetworks.com [67.105.193.226]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E5CCE0312 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:58:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabriel ([172.16.35.242]) by mx1.lockdownnetworks.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:58:01 -0800 From: "Daevid Vincent" To: Subject: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back? Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:57:56 -0800 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Ach9r3/SOW86KYeGTFynjuadXDM7awAkukjg Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Mar 2008 21:58:01.0877 (UTC) FILETIME=[D0F5CC50:01C87E42] X-Archives-Salt: 2f115d62-2c1e-4c25-8d16-dd311a938a48 X-Archives-Hash: 6c322997563f7071a5e4433912562f7d > -----Original Message----- > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@daevid.com] > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:23 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] Upgraded kernel from .17 to .23 and > all sorts of broken things... (nvidia, splash, iptables) > > I had to upgrade my kernel from linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 to > linux-2.6.23-gentoo-r9 > > Now all sorts of things are broken. > > First and foremost, I used to use: > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 > > But I can't re-emerge that now -- it's gone!? WTF!? > > [I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers > Available versions: 71.86.01 (~)71.86.04 96.43.01 (~)96.43.05 > [m]100.14.09 [m](~)100.14.11 [m]100.14.19 [M](~)100.14.23 [m](~)169.07 > [m](~)169.09 [m](~)169.09-r1 [m](~)169.12 {acpi custom-cflags gtk > kernel_linux multilib} > Installed versions: 96.43.05(18:44:21 03/03/08)(acpi > gtk kernel_linux > -multilib) > Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ > Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries > > So, I tried to emerge whatever the latest stable one was and > it told me that > I was fsck'd and to mask out >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-97.0.0. > > Re-emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05. > > Now when I start X, I have a @#(*&$@# blank/black screen! UGH! > > What now? How do I get back the only working driver for this > piece of crap > GeForce 440 Go card that is apparently unsupported now in > newer drivers. > (It's in a Dell i8200 notebook -- I CAN'T replace the card BTW) So this page finally loaded today: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Video_Card_Support_Under_XGL#nVidia And it says: nVidia GeForce 4 Go 440 32Mb (with latest x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774) So again, how can I get this driver back since it seems to be missing from portage now?! *sigh* -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list