On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:48:27 +0100 (WEST), Jorge Almeida wrote:

> > Glad that worked for you, but please now remember to add nvidia-kernel
> > and nvidia-glx to /etc/portage/package.keywords as allowed to be ~x86,
> > or else Portage will try to downgrade them the next time you do an
> > emerge world-- ACCEPT_KEYWORDS on an emerge command line is only
> > *temporary for that emerge*, and *is not remembered permanently by
> > Portage*.
> > 
> I don't know if it's a good idea, in this case. After all, the current
> masked version will be unmasked one day, and I may not need always the
> bleeding-edge version (I'd rather use stable things, if they do the
> job). 

In this case, ~arch is not bleeding edge. The ebuild of the latest release
version of the nVidia drivers is usually ~arch, even though the drivers
themselves are tested.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

LISP: Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parentheses

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