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From: Lorenzo Milesi <lorenzo.milesi@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:45:02
Message-Id: 29c147bd0709121434i7dd3ba57ie6e5f25039d50cd5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server by agtdino
1 On 9/12/07, agtdino <agtdino@××××××××.es> wrote:
2
3 > [blocks B ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (is blocking
4 > x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1)
5
6 Xorg 1.4 introduced ABI changes. No proprietary driver can actually
7 work with the latest xorg.
8
9 > Actually I can run X with the nvidia-driver, don't want to update if I
10 > loose the X graphics.
11
12 either you mask xorg 1.4 or in the meantime drop nvidia-drivers in
13 favor of xf86-video-nv.
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15 Eventually you can even run startx with --ignore-ABI, but then you
16 should modify the xorg ebuild in order to allow nvidia-drivers :)
17
18 Ciao
19 maxxer
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server agtdino <agtdino@××××××××.es>