130309 »Q« wrote:
> 130309 Philip Webb <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Doing my usual Saturday system update, I saw a prominent msg
>> telling me that 'module-init-tools' has been masked
>> & to use 'kmod' or 'modutils' -- the msgs vary -- to replace it.
>> When I did so (both), Nvidia wouldn't start, even after remerging it.
>> Back with 'module-init-tools' -- now in 'package.unmask' -- all is well.
>> Does anyone know what's going on ? -- did I miss a 'news' item ?
> ISTR you start with USE="-*".
Yes & I do need to remember to check the USE flags for sensitive pkgs.
> When you built kmod, was it with the tools flag enabled ?
> The virtual requires it.
root:502 ~> emerge -pv kmod
...
sys-apps/kmod-12-r1 USE="-debug -doc -lzma -static-libs -tools zlib" ...
Apparently not, so that's something to try.
> I went with kmod because of what the masking comment
> for module-init-tools said, and I haven't noticed any trouble.
> I've got nvidia-drivers-310.32.
Same here.
The actual Xorg error was "can't find module Nvidia",
so another question is whether it has to be listed somewhere for Kmod ?
Thanks so far. It looks as if the change needs a 'news' msg.
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