Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> [15-10-17 18:24]: > On 17/10/2015 16:59, [email protected] wrote: > > Heiko Baums <[email protected]> [15-10-17 15:44]: > >> Am 17.10.2015 um 13:07 schrieb [email protected]: > >> > >>> previously I had emerged nvidia-settings seperately. This leads to an > >>> problem with a recent update, because the nvidia-settings were > >>> pulling in the old version of the nvidia-drivers and the update wants > >>> the new version of the drivers. > >>> > >>> So I emerge -C'ed the nvidia-settings, set the USE-flag 'tools' for > >>> the drivers and updated...it works. > >>> > >>> This morning ... updateing my Gentoo box again, the same scenario > >>> happens again...nvidia-settings (old version) were missing (why?) > >>> and again wants the old driver while emerge wants the new one. > >>> > >>> How can I get out of this? > >> > >> Do you have xfce-extra/xfce4-sensors-plugin with > >> USE="video_cards_nvidia" resp. VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" installed? > >> > >> Because this pulls in media-video/nvidia-settings. > >> > >> My guess is that media-video/nvidia-settings is now included in > >> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers and is therefore not needed anymore as a > >> separate package. > >> > >> As a workaround, because I hadn't had time to file a bug report when I > >> discovered this, I just reinstalled xfce-extra/xfce4-sensors-plugin with > >> USE="-video_cards_nvidia". > >> > >> There are some other packages which pull in media-video/nvidia-settings > >> if VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" is set. So if you don't use Xfce it's probably > >> one of those packages. > >> > >> Just run `equery depends nvidia-settings` or `emerge -pv --tree ...` to > >> see by which package it gets pulled in. > >> > > > > Hi Heiko, > > (_sounds_ somehow redundant, hahahaha! ;) > > > > Thanks for the help! :) > > The equery command found three more of those: > > app-admin/conky-1.9.0-r3 (nvidia ? media-video/nvidia-settings) > > sci-libs/vtk-6.1.0-r1 (video_cards_nvidia ? media-video/nvidia-settings) > > sys-apps/hwloc-1.10.0-r2 (gl ? media-video/nvidia-settings) > > > > I fixed that via accorinding use-flag setting as you suggested but > > unfortunately vtk is ignoring my manipulations: > > > > [I] sci-libs/vtk > > Available versions: ~6.0.0^t (~)6.1.0^t 6.1.0-r1^t {R +X all-modules > > aqua boost cg doc examples ffmpeg gdal imaging java json kaapi mpi mysql > > odbc offscreen postgres python qt4 rendering smp tbb tcl test theora tk > > views web xdmf2 ELIBC="FreeBSD" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" > > VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"} > > Installed versions: 6.1.0-r1^t(05:31:39 06/13/15)(X rendering tcl tk > > -R -all-modules -aqua -boost -cg -doc -examples -ffmpeg -gdal -imaging > > -java -json -kaapi -mpi -mysql -odbc -offscreen -postgres -python -qt4 -smp > > -tbb -test -theora -views -web -xdmf2 ELIBC="-FreeBSD" > > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia") > > Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/ > > Description: The Visualization Toolkit > > > > > > There is no 'nvidia-settings" use-flag with vtk. > > > > But nevertheless - it pulls it in: > > [nomerge ] sci-libs/vtk-6.1.0-r1::gentoo USE="X rendering tcl tk -R > > -all-modules (-aqua) -boost -cg -doc (-examples) -ffmpeg -gdal -imaging > > -java -json -kaapi -mpi -mysql -odbc -offscreen -postgres -python -qt4 -smp > > -tbb {-test} -theora -views -web -xdmf2" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" > > VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" > > [ebuild N ~] media-video/nvidia-settings-355.11::gentoo > > USE="-examples -gtk3" 0 KiB > > > > > > Am I lost? ;) > > With the tree currently as-is, yes. vtk blindly pulls in nvidia-settings: > > RDEPEND=" > ... > video_cards_nvidia? ( media-video/nvidia-settings ) > > > Which is a bit of a blunt weapon - saying nvidia in make.conf gives you > nvidia-settings regardless of anything else. > > I would suggest removing nvidia-drivers from world, putting > nvidia-settings in instead. This will enforce that you only get drivers > packages that are compatible with settings. Any ebuild that tries to > update drivers to latest without a matching settings will run into a > blocker. > > Ideal of course would be nvidia-settings is always in step with > nvidia-drivers then this problem just never arises. Why those two are > eternally out of step is beyond me. > > > > > > > Best regards, > > Meino > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > [email protected] > >
Hi Alan, thanks for digging into the depth of Gentoo! :) Why not to remove nvidia-settings as a separate package completely and make the choose whether to install it dependant from the "tools" flag of the drivers? I dont think, that there is someone out there, who wants nvidia-settings /without/ the drivers?!? Only my 2 EURcents... ;) Best regards, Meino
