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Michael P. Soulier wrote: |
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> If I want to freeze my nvidia-drivers because any upgrade will abandon my |
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> hardware, masking out newer versions doesn't seem to be enough as it will also |
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> offer to downgrade once that version is no longer in the portage tree. |
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> Is it simpler to just remove nvidia-drivers from the world file? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mike |
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I added this to the package.mask file: |
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>x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.20 |
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That froze mine at that version. Of course, keep in mind if say |
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173.14.22 comes out, it won't upgrade then either. If you upgrade your |
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kernel later on and it requires a newer nvidia driver, you will have to |
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edit that line. |
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I'm sure some other guru will have a better way tho. ;-) |
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Dale |
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;-) :-) |
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