On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:03 -0400, ken jones wrote:
> Ferris,
> opengl does not work.
>  
> -------------------snip----------------
> kjones-sun2 GL # emerge -pv opengl
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] virtual/opengl-7.0  0 kB
> 
virtual/opengl does not install anything.
> Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
> kjones-sun2 GL # eselect opengl set xorg-x11
> !!! Error: Can't load module opengl
> Killed

For some reason, it thinks you have eselect-opengl installed, but it
can't find its file.  You can set up the symlinks by hand.  But your
system will never build nicely until you get eselect-opengl installed
properly, because many ebuilds will try to use it.

> kjones-sun2 GL #
> ------------------end snip------------------
> 

You did 'emerge eselect-opengl'  successfully?  It has three files:
polylepis ~ # qlist eselect-opengl
/usr/share/eselect/modules/opengl.eselect
/usr/lib/opengl/global/include/glext.h
/usr/lib/opengl/global/include/glxext.h

(qlist is part of portage-utils --- emerge it please, if you have not
yet, then try the command I show above.)

The module is this one:
/usr/share/eselect/modules/opengl.eselect

And 
eselect opengl list
should show you which implementations of opengl you have installed
(for you, xorg-x11).

Now, you can force a build of eselect-opengl like this:
ebuild /usr/portage/app-admin/eselect-opengl/eselect-opengl-1.0.5.ebuild
install
(one command line)
At that point, those 3 files will be installed in
/var/tmp/portage/app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.5/image
Then, either
ebuild /usr/portage/app-admin/eselect-opengl/eselect-opengl-1.0.5.ebuild
qmerge
will install them, or you can copy them to where they belong by hand.

But I see no way you can get a clean install from
emerge eselect-opengl
and not be able to use it.


> sigh....
> 
> Ken
> 
> Ferris McCormick wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 09:50 -0400, ken jones wrote:
> >   
> >> Ferris:
> >> Look't this.
> >>
> >> kjones-sun2 GL #  emerge -pv xorg-x11
> >>
> >> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >>
> >> Calculating dependencies... done!
> >> [ebuild  N    ] virtual/opengl-7.0  0 kB
> >> [ebuild  N    ] media-libs/freeglut-2.4.0-r1  0 kB
> >> [ebuild  N    ] virtual/glut-1.0  0 kB
> >> [ebuild  N    ] x11-apps/mesa-progs-6.5.1  1,289 kB
> >> [ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1  0 kB
> >>
> >> Total: 5 packages (5 new), Size of downloads: 1,289 kB
> >>
> >> I just did emerge xorg-x11.  It hung up on freeglut.  Looks like the 
> >> same problem.  Incorrect links.
> >> Might as well try my technique some more.  Nothing to lose.
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>     
> >
> > I am surprised that
> > eselect opengl set xorg-x11
> > does not take care of all of the symlinks for you.  Have you tried that?
> >
> >   
> >> -----------------------------------------------
> >>     
> >
> > Regards,
> >   
Confused,
-- 
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc)