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So, like a good gentoo user I'm emerging some updates available for my system. |
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To my surprise when I happen to look at the screen (as it's taking some time |
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to build and I'm obviously not watching the entire time), I see this: |
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* ***** WARNING ***** |
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* |
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* You are currently installing a version of nvidia-drivers that is |
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* known not to work with a video card you have installed on your |
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* system. If this is intentional, please ignore this. If it is not |
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* please perform the following steps: |
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* Add the following mask entry to /etc/portage/package.mask by |
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* echo ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.0.0" >> /etc/portage/package.mask |
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* |
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* Failure to perform the steps above could result in a non-working |
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* X setup. |
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* |
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* For more information please read: |
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* http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html |
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* You must be in the video group to use the NVIDIA device |
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* For more info, read the docs at |
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* http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml#doc_chap3_sect6 |
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* |
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* This ebuild installs a kernel module and X driver. Both must |
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* match explicitly in their version. This means, if you restart |
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* X, you most modprobe -r nvidia before starting it back up |
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* To use the NVIDIA GLX, run "eselect opengl set nvidia" |
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* nVidia has requested that any bug reports submitted have the |
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* output of /usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh included. |
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* To work with compiz, you must enable the AddARGBGLXVisuals option. |
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* |
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* If you are having resolution problems, try disabling DynamicTwinView. |
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Sure enough, X no longer works. I'm following the instructions now, but... |
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Don't you think the default action here should be to do nothing instead of |
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breaking my system? |
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Not impressed. Hopefully this critical message would be summarized at the end |
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of the build too. Kind of important. I got lucky and happened to see it... |
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Thanks, |
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Mike |
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-- |
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca> |
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"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a |
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touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." |
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--Albert Einstein |