i'm using several programs configured in /etc/portage/package.mask that are working quite well here. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: my emerge info: Portage 2.0.51-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20041021-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r2 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs candy ccache distlocks moo sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo-pt.org/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.felisberto.net/ http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/gentoo/ " MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo-pt.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aalib acpi alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzlib cddb cdr codecs crypt dga dio directfb divx4linux dts dvd dvdr dvdread f77 fam fbcon flac gcj gif gnokii gpm gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 irmc jabber java javacomm javadoc javascript jp2 jpeg jpeg2k kadu-modules kadu-voice libsamplerate live lzw lzw-tiff mad make-busybox-symlinks mime motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mpeg4 msn multilib mysql mysqli mythtv ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ntlm nvidia oggvorbis oggvorvis openal opengl operanom2 oss pam pdflib perl pie png pthreads python qt quicktime readline remote rtc samba sdl snmp sockets spell spl ssl stats streamzap szip tcltk tcpd tiff transcode truetype unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vcdimager wxwindows xine xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xscreensaver xv xvid yahoo zlib zvbi"
Created attachment 43361 [details] package.keywords my packages.keyworks contains all packages that i think they can get the stable status.
...did all i could. i'll poke at nvidia-settings later.