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From: agtdino <agtdino@××××××××.es>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:03:54
Message-Id: 1190040859.18487.5.camel@gentoo
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server by Lorenzo Milesi
1 El mié, 12-09-2007 a las 23:34 +0200, Lorenzo Milesi escribió:
2
3 Thank you for your soon response,
4
5
6 To mask xorg 1.4 I tried
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8 echo "=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
9 And I received when I update
10
11 >Calculating world dependencies -
12 >!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4" have
13 >been masked.
14 >!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
15 >request:
16 >- x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
17 >
18 >For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
19 >page or
20 >refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
21 >(dependency required by "x11-base/xorg-x11-7.3" [ebuild])
22 >!!! Problem resolving dependencies for x11-base/xorg-x11
23 >!!! Depgraph creation failed.
24
25 If I drop nvidia-drivers in favo of xf86.video.nv I loose DRI or render
26 capabilities ?
27
28 Thank's And regards
29
30 > On 9/12/07, agtdino <agtdino@××××××××.es> wrote:
31 >
32 > > [blocks B ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (is blocking
33 > > x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1)
34 >
35 > Xorg 1.4 introduced ABI changes. No proprietary driver can actually
36 > work with the latest xorg.
37 >
38 > > Actually I can run X with the nvidia-driver, don't want to update if I
39 > > loose the X graphics.
40 >
41 > either you mask xorg 1.4 or in the meantime drop nvidia-drivers in
42 > favor of xf86-video-nv.
43 >
44 > Eventually you can even run startx with --ignore-ABI, but then you
45 > should modify the xorg ebuild in order to allow nvidia-drivers :)
46 >
47 > Ciao
48 > maxxer
49
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl@×××××××××××.at>