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On Saturday 31 October 2009 23:44:00 Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> Hi group, |
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> From the gentoo docs: |
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> "Older cards such as the GeForce FX 5 series should use the 173.x |
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> drivers, such as nvidia-drivers-173.14.15. For these cards, you should |
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> mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-174.00 in your |
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> /etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newer versions of |
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> the driver which are incompatible with your card from being |
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> installed." |
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> But emerge ignores package.mask and insists on installing the newer |
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> pkg. Searching reveals an old bug marked 'resolved' but nothing to say |
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> what the resolution is. |
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check that you don't have the ebuild listed in package.unmask |
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That takes precedence over package.mask |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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