Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

[Alex Schuster]

Volker Armin Hemmann writes:

> On Freitag 22 Mai 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 won't compile due to a file conflict,
> > but portageq does not see it.

Probably because the ati-drivers you already have installed do not have this 
file, either because they are an older version, or they did not create it 
when compiling against the old x.org.

> > Anybody know how to work around this?

> yes, remove /usr/lib/opengl/ati/extensions/libglx.so it should be owned
> by ati-drivers, if not, some screw up happened.

Or use 'FEATURES=-collision-protect emerge ati-drivers'. I think I had the 
same collision.

> /me wonders why there is still a stone old buggy ebuild/driver in
> 'stable'.

I was not able to compile newer ati-drivers with tuxonice-sources-2.6.28-r3. 
Or ANY ati-drivers with a newer tuxonice kernel.

	Wonko