Re: [gentoo-user] Porblems with nvidia-settings vs. nvidia-drivers: Up-/downgrade race condition

[Alan McKinnon]

On 17/10/2015 16:59, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> Heiko Baums <lists@××××××××××××.de> [15-10-17 15:44]:
>> Am 17.10.2015 um 13:07 schrieb Meino.Cramer@×××.de:
>>
>>> previously I had emerged nvidia-settings seperately. This leads to an
>>> problem with a recent update, because the nvidia-settings were
>>> pulling in the old version of the nvidia-drivers and the update wants
>>> the new version of the drivers.
>>>
>>> So I emerge -C'ed the nvidia-settings, set the USE-flag 'tools' for
>>> the drivers and updated...it works.
>>>
>>> This morning ... updateing my Gentoo box again, the same scenario
>>> happens again...nvidia-settings (old version) were missing (why?)
>>> and again wants the old driver while emerge wants the new one.
>>>
>>> How can I get out of this?
>>
>> Do you have xfce-extra/xfce4-sensors-plugin with
>> USE="video_cards_nvidia" resp. VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" installed?
>>
>> Because this pulls in media-video/nvidia-settings.
>>
>> My guess is that media-video/nvidia-settings is now included in
>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers and is therefore not needed anymore as a
>> separate package.
>>
>> As a workaround, because I hadn't had time to file a bug report when I
>> discovered this, I just reinstalled xfce-extra/xfce4-sensors-plugin with
>> USE="-video_cards_nvidia".
>>
>> There are some other packages which pull in media-video/nvidia-settings
>> if VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" is set. So if you don't use Xfce it's probably
>> one of those packages.
>>
>> Just run `equery depends nvidia-settings` or `emerge -pv --tree ...` to
>> see by which package it gets pulled in.
>>
>
> Hi Heiko,
> (_sounds_ somehow redundant, hahahaha! ;)
>
> Thanks for the help! :)
> The equery command found three more of those:
> app-admin/conky-1.9.0-r3 (nvidia ? media-video/nvidia-settings)
> sci-libs/vtk-6.1.0-r1 (video_cards_nvidia ? media-video/nvidia-settings)
> sys-apps/hwloc-1.10.0-r2 (gl ? media-video/nvidia-settings)
>
> I fixed that via accorinding use-flag setting as you suggested but
> unfortunately vtk is ignoring my manipulations:
>
> [I] sci-libs/vtk
>      Available versions:  ~6.0.0^t (~)6.1.0^t 6.1.0-r1^t {R +X all-modules aqua boost cg doc examples ffmpeg gdal imaging java json kaapi mpi mysql odbc offscreen postgres python qt4 rendering smp tbb tcl test theora tk views web xdmf2 ELIBC="FreeBSD" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"}
>      Installed versions:  6.1.0-r1^t(05:31:39 06/13/15)(X rendering tcl tk -R -all-modules -aqua -boost -cg -doc -examples -ffmpeg -gdal -imaging -java -json -kaapi -mpi -mysql -odbc -offscreen -postgres -python -qt4 -smp -tbb -test -theora -views -web -xdmf2 ELIBC="-FreeBSD" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia")
>      Homepage:            http://www.vtk.org/
>      Description:         The Visualization Toolkit
>
>
> There is no 'nvidia-settings" use-flag with vtk.
>
> But nevertheless - it pulls it in:
> [nomerge       ] sci-libs/vtk-6.1.0-r1::gentoo  USE="X rendering tcl tk -R -all-modules (-aqua) -boost -cg -doc (-examples) -ffmpeg -gdal -imaging -java -json -kaapi -mpi -mysql -odbc -offscreen -postgres -python -qt4 -smp -tbb {-test} -theora -views -web -xdmf2" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
> [ebuild  N    ~]  media-video/nvidia-settings-355.11::gentoo  USE="-examples -gtk3" 0 KiB
>
>
> Am I lost? ;)

Update: I see at least the latest nvidia-drivers (358.09) includes
nvidia-settings. If that driver supports your hardware, you can unmerge
nvidia-settings, put nvidia-drivers back in world and the whole problem
goes away



-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com