On 04/10 10:29, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:25:16 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > > If I remove nvidia-drivers and install the drivers of the same > > version as provided by nvidia itsself, everything works find. > > > > To examine this a little further I have put nividia-drivers > > into /etc/portage/profile/package.provided: > > > > >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108 > > > > which will silently be ignored and nvidia-drivers will > > be emerged...which will lead to a whole lotta mess. > > package.provided requires a specific version, try > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108 > > If you want to stop portage trying to replace this with a later version, > add ">x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108", note > not >=, to package.mask. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > .sig a .sog of sixpence.
/etc/portage/profile/package.provided is still being ignored. Current content: >x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108 Emerge starts to install the newest driver available. -- Meino Cramer
