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Thanks to all on the list. This email had the exact solution I needed. |
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[rant-on] |
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This is the sort of information I wish I could have found in the forums. |
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I wonder how many other people wasted their time getting the right |
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solution. The X release people, who know about the problem, could have |
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averted many problems by simply documenting this. |
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[rant-off] |
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Thank you Richard, |
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Steve Herber herber@×××××.com work: 206-221-7262 |
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Security Engineer, UW Medicine, IT Services home: 425-454-2399 |
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Richard Fish wrote: |
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> On 7/25/06, Steve Herber <herber@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> My nvidia based graphics system was working great until the recent X |
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>> upgrade. During one of my recent package upgrades I ran afoul of the |
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>> abi problem. And now I can't hit the right combination of masks and |
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>> package removals to get back to my working state. Could someone tell |
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>> me which packages I need to mask to restore the last working nvidia |
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>> based X package set? |
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> Here is what I have in /etc/portage/package.mask for this problem: |
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> # breaks ABI |
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>> =x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 |
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> =x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-1.1.2 |
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> =x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-1.1.2-r1 |
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> =x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1 |
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> =x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-1.2.1 |
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> =x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-1.2.0 |
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> =x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev-0.3.0 |
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> =x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.1.0 |
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> =x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.1.1 |
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> HTH, |
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> -Richard |
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