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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:23:53 -0500, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > this led me to think that maybe nvidia-settings had something to do with |
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> > it and I discovered I had an old version not sure how that got to stay |
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> > and I tried to install the latest one, which had two effects -- it |
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> > downgraded nvidia-drivers to 3.55.11 and tried to install |
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> > nvidia-settings, but that would not install because there is a file |
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> > conflict with -- guess what -- nvidia drivers! So I unmerged the old |
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> > one and for now it seems to work, but I don't know what will happen in |
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> > the future this way. Very strange! |
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> Looking at the ebuilds, it appears that nvidia-settings is installed by |
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> the nvdidia-drivers package, controlled by the tools USE flag. Try |
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> setting that flag and unmerging nvidia-settings. |
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hmmm, tools seems to be the default and it did not emerge |
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nvidia-settings, but it did want to upgrade the driver, but I think I |
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will leave it for now since it seems to be working without the |
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nvidia-settings package which has a conflict anyway. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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