building linux ports with x11/nvidia-driver-340 instead of x11/nvidia-driver

[René Ladan]

[leaving out questions@ ]

2016-04-07 16:04 GMT+02:00 Vikash Badal <vikashb at where-ever.za.net>:
> Greetings
>
> can anyone assist ?
>
> I am trying to build the following ports using x11/nvidia-driver-340
> instead of x11-nvidia-driver :
> emulators/linux-c6
> x11-toolkits/linux-c6-qt47-x11
> graphics/linux-c6-glx-utils
> net-im/skype4
>
>
> Is the a knob that i can add to allow me to use the older driver ?
>
There is no knob, the NVIDIA knob always selects x11/nvidia-driver (as
opposed to their Intel counterparts), but there is no easy way to
select an older version of the Nvidia driver. The only way I know of
is to modify the Makefiles of the above ports.

Regards,
René
-- 
https://rene-ladan.nl/