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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [SOLVED] [gentoo-user] NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2]
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:39:42
Message-Id: 574e583b-1167-3758-704c-153c923ca8e1@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2] by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On 12/19/21 11:02 AM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > On 12/19/21 10:34 AM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
3 >> I got stuck with driver selection.
4 >> My old system is using: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2]
5 >> So the driver I use is: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-390.144-r1
6 >>
7 >> I have masked anything newer: package.mask:
8 >>> =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391.0.0
9 >>
10 >> as I had problems before with newer video drivers.
11 >>
12 >> x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.14
13 >> is asking for min. nvidia-drivers-460.91.03-r1
14 >>
15 >> >From Nvidia Webpage:
16 >> https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
17 >>
18 >> GeForce GTS 450 - they list driver: 390.147
19 >>
20 >> if I upgrade to "460.91.03-r1" driver I might end-up without video.
21 >>
22 >> Do I need to mask package: xorg-server-1.20.14:0/1.20.14
23 >
24 > I already masked in package.mask
25 >> =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391.0.0
26 >> =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21
27 >> =x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.14
28 >
29 > but running emerge -uDNavq world - is forcing me to upgrade to "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21"
30 >
31 > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]" have been masked.
32 > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
33 > - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-495.46-r10::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
34 > - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-495.46::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
35 > - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.94::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
36 > - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.86-r2::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
37 > - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.62.16::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
38 > /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask:
39 > # Ionen Wolkens <ionen@g.o> (2021-10-09)
40 > # Vulkan beta driver branch aimed at Vulkan developers for testing
41 > # new features. Beside vulkan, it is typically behind the main branch
42 > # and may be buggier or less secure. Only unmask if really wanted.
43 >
44 > - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-460.91.03-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
45 >
46 > (dependency required by "media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1::gentoo" [ebuild])
47 > (dependency required by "media-video/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r1::gentoo[video_cards_nvidia]" [ebuild])
48 > (dependency required by "www-client/firefox-bin-95.0.1::gentoo[ffmpeg]" [ebuild])
49 > (dependency required by "@selected" [set])
50 > (dependency required by "@world" [argument])
51 > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
52 > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
53
54 Solved.
55 Disable use flag "video_cards_nvidia" in media-video/ffmpeg
56 solved the dependency problem.