> Well, quite a few people *did* have elog issues recently here. > > I suppose you can be forgiven for making a perfectly reasonable assumption, > even if it was wrong in the end :-)
Thanks again, Alan, I've been working with Gentoo for nearly 6 years now and try to resolve all my issues without asking for help. I still consider myself a newbie. I feel I learn more by researching the issue. In fact, I think I only posted to the lists one time 4 to 5 years ago. Being a retired investigator, I know I must consider all the evidence even if it proves my initial theory was wrong. Here, the fact that no one else was reporting the same issue ( similar, yes, but not the same) led me to consider that I may not really have a problem, or that I may have somehow introduced the problem myself. I knew that was unlike simply because I had not make any changes on my system. For me, 2 weeks of -uNDv world and no entries in elog/ seemed unusual. I did check for duplicate entries in /var/log/portage. Like you said, they were not identical - one was a summary and the other the complete log. Don't know why I didn't think to do my test with the nvidia-drivers or some other package I know always puts a .log file in elog/ earlier. I think I will unmask portage as you suggest and give it a try. That is why I have 3 Gentoo installs. I try to keep one clear of problems and use it to sync off the Gentoo mirrors. I sync the other 2 installs off the first one to save bandwith all around. I use them to work out issues or try new things. Your help, insight, suggestions are much appreciated. billyd
