In the latest version of the nvidia drivers a new feature to nvidia-settings was added called cool-bits. While the driver was updated promptly nvidia-settings was forgotten. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6 .11-ck8 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-ck8 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.8 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share /config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kd e/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/default s/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac aalib acpi aim alsa amd64 arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap- fonts bzlib cdb cdr crypt cups curl dedicated dvb dvd dvdr dvdread emul-linux-x8 6 encode esd ethereal examples fam ffmpeg flac font-server foomaticdb fortran ft p gcj gdbm gif gimpprint glut gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imlib i pv6 java javascript jp2 jpeg junit ldap lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod mmap mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nocd nptl nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oscar oss pam pda pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang ssl svg tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userloca les videos vorbis xine xml2 xmms xpm xprint xrandr xv xvid zlib userland_GNU ker nel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Another important reason to update to the new version is that the temperature display doesn't work anymore when using latest driver with the old version of nvidia-settings ( at least for me ).
A binary version of nvidia-settings is distributed with the NVIDIA driver, try: $ cd /tmp $ bash /usr/portage/distfiles/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7664-pkg0.run --extract-only $ NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7664-pkg0/usr/bin/nvidia-settings I still don't have the 'CoolBits' property page though
I'm in the same situation as comment #3. If i use the extracted binary no coolbits for me either (Xorg.conf summary of settings below). Does anyone know of a solution to using the binary and getting coolbits working or even better... does anyone know where the updated nvidia-settings source code is so i could attempt to knock up a proposed ebuild (i tried the offical Nvidia site but the source code seems way out of date) Section "Device" Identifier "GeforceCard" Driver "nvidia" Option "Coolbits" "1" EndSection
I know that you can extract nvidia-settings from the pacakge but the point of this bug is to get it into portage. As for the coolbits part try filing another bug or looking on the forums(forums,gentoo.org or nvnews.net)
I'm sorry for hijacking your bug. :) Try version bumping nvidia settings and download http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings-1.0.tar.gz, rename it to nvidia-settings-1.0.7664.tar.gz
That seems to work, I even have overclocking now. Anyway can someone get this into portage now?
Created attachment 61685 [details] nvidia-settings-1.0.7664 fetching directly from nvidia I modded the ebuild so i fetches nvidia-settings directly from nvidia. After putting this into /usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-settings remember to run ebuild /usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings-1.0.7664.ebuild digest Hopefully now this will get into portage.
For some reason the new version is in portage under the version number 1.0.20050525. Anyway just do an update and you'll have it.