Gentoo Websites Logo
Go to: Gentoo Home Documentation Forums Lists Bugs Planet Store Wiki Get Gentoo!
Bug 246425 - Version bump - nvidia-drivers-173.14.15
Summary: Version bump - nvidia-drivers-173.14.15
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 242156
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Ricardo Mendoza (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showt...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2008-11-11 19:59 UTC by nietonfir
Modified: 2008-12-18 20:58 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Attachments
ebuild for nvidia-drivers 173.14.15 (nvidia-drivers-173.14.15.ebuild,14.73 KB, text/plain)
2008-11-11 20:01 UTC, nietonfir 		Details
View All Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description nietonfir 2008-11-11 19:59:11 UTC 
As the current stable release of the nvidia-driver doesn't build with 2.6.27, nvidia released a small update that improves "compatibility with recent Linux kernels."

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge =gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r2
2.emerge =nvidia-drivers-173.14.12 (or stable!)
3.build fails!

Actual Results:  
Build fails!

Expected Results:  
Build should not fail! ;)
Comment 1 nietonfir 2008-11-11 20:01:51 UTC 
Created attachment 171454 [details]
ebuild for nvidia-drivers 173.14.15

When installed from a local overlay, don't forget to copy over the files folder from /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/ !
Comment 2 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-12-16 17:29:40 UTC 
This is in the pipeline to update. According to NVIDIA its a very beta release, and it's too beta to even be mentioned on their website. It's FTP only.
Comment 3 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-12-18 20:58:54 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 242156 ***