Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: X.Org troubles

[Ferris McCormick]

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 17:07 +0200, Markku Kaukinen wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 14:51 +0000, Ferris McCormick wrote:
>
> > For your information, nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776 and xorg-server-1.0.2-r7
> > are compatible; -1.0.8776 and the xorg-server-1.1.1 series are not.
> > Reason is changes in xorg-server, and if you try the combination
> > -1.0.8776 and -1.1.1, you should not get anywhere at all:  it flat out
> > won't work.  I don't know off hand what xorg-server version the
> > nvidia-drivers-1.0.9xxx need.  The ebuilds will let you build an
> > incompatible pairing.
> >
>
> Are you sure, I think it was version prior 1.0.8776 that had problems with
> xorg 1.1.1.
>

Not any more.

> At least this is what I have and absolutely no problems:
>
> #emerge --search nvidia-drivers xorg-server
> Searching...
> [ Results for search key : nvidia-drivers ]
> [ Applications found : 1 ]
>
> *  x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
>       Latest version available: 1.0.8776
>       Latest version installed: 1.0.8776
>       Size of files: 25,303 kB
>       Homepage:      http://www.nvidia.com/
>       Description:   NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries
>       License:       NVIDIA
>
>
> Searching...
> [ Results for search key : xorg-server ]
> [ Applications found : 1 ]
>
> *  x11-base/xorg-server
>       Latest version available: 1.1.1-r1
>       Latest version installed: 1.1.1-r1
>       Size of files: 9,170 kB
>       Homepage:      http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
>       Description:   X.Org X servers
>       License:       xorg-server MIT
>
>
>
>   -- Markku
>
>
I was sure until I read your letter.  Now I'm confused. :)  I thought I
knew where the xorg-server change was introduced, but either I didn't or
else the nvidia-driver doesn't care.  So, I defer to someone who knows.

Sorry for causing confusion.

Regards,
-- 
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc)