[gentoo-user] NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2]

[the...@sys-concept.com]

I got stuck with driver selection.
My old system is using: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2]
So the driver I use is: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-390.144-r1

I have masked anything newer: package.mask:
>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391.0.0

as I had problems before with newer video drivers.

x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.14
is asking for min. nvidia-drivers-460.91.03-r1

From Nvidia Webpage:
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

GeForce GTS 450 - they list driver: 390.147

if I upgrade to "460.91.03-r1" driver I might end-up without video.

Do I need to mask package: xorg-server-1.20.14:0/1.20.14

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Thelma

[the...@sys-concept.com]

I already masked in package.mask
>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391.0.0
>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.14

but running emerge -uDNavq world - is forcing me to upgrade to "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21"

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-495.46-r10::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-495.46::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.94::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.86-r2::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.62.16::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
/var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask:
# Ionen Wolkens <io...@gentoo.org> (2021-10-09)
# Vulkan beta driver branch aimed at Vulkan developers for testing
# new features. Beside vulkan, it is typically behind the main branch
# and may be buggier or less secure. Only unmask if really wanted.

- x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-460.91.03-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)

(dependency required by "media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1::gentoo" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "media-video/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r1::gentoo[video_cards_nvidia]" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "www-client/firefox-bin-95.0.1::gentoo[ffmpeg]" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "@selected" [set])
(dependency required by "@world" [argument])
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

[the...@sys-concept.com]

Solved.
Disable use flag "video_cards_nvidia" in media-video/ffmpeg
solved the dependency problem.