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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2]
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:03:06
Message-Id: f3706632-fcb4-c215-2d85-b1b89722d775@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2] by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On 12/19/21 10:34 AM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > I got stuck with driver selection.
3 > My old system is using: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2]
4 > So the driver I use is: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-390.144-r1
5 >
6 > I have masked anything newer: package.mask:
7 >> =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391.0.0
8 >
9 > as I had problems before with newer video drivers.
10 >
11 > x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.14
12 > is asking for min. nvidia-drivers-460.91.03-r1
13 >
14 >>From Nvidia Webpage:
15 > https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
16 >
17 > GeForce GTS 450 - they list driver: 390.147
18 >
19 > if I upgrade to "460.91.03-r1" driver I might end-up without video.
20 >
21 > Do I need to mask package: xorg-server-1.20.14:0/1.20.14
22
23 I already masked in package.mask
24 >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391.0.0
25 >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21
26 >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.14
27
28 but running emerge -uDNavq world - is forcing me to upgrade to "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21"
29
30 !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]" have been masked.
31 !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
32 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-495.46-r10::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
33 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-495.46::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
34 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.94::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
35 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.86-r2::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
36 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.62.16::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
37 /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask:
38 # Ionen Wolkens <ionen@g.o> (2021-10-09)
39 # Vulkan beta driver branch aimed at Vulkan developers for testing
40 # new features. Beside vulkan, it is typically behind the main branch
41 # and may be buggier or less secure. Only unmask if really wanted.
42
43 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-460.91.03-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
44
45 (dependency required by "media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1::gentoo" [ebuild])
46 (dependency required by "media-video/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r1::gentoo[video_cards_nvidia]" [ebuild])
47 (dependency required by "www-client/firefox-bin-95.0.1::gentoo[ffmpeg]" [ebuild])
48 (dependency required by "@selected" [set])
49 (dependency required by "@world" [argument])
50 For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
51 man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

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