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From: "John P. Burkett" <burkett@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to install x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:04:55
Message-Id: 49EB2175.8050806@uri.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to install x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 by Alex Schuster
1 Alex Schuster wrote:
2 > John P. Burkett writes:
3 >
4 >> Doing "PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage emerge -D -uav world" on my amd64
5 >> machine elicits a response that ends as follows:
6 > [...]
7 >> * Detected file collision(s):
8 >> *
9 >> * /usr/lib64/opengl/ati/extensions/libglx.so
10 >> *
11 >> * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
12 >> *
13 >> * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
14 >> *
15 >> * x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
16 >> * /usr/lib64/opengl/ati/extensions/libglx.so
17 >> *
18 >> * Package 'x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2' NOT merged due to file
19 >> * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole
20 >> * content of the above message.
21 > [...]
22 >> Suggestions for how to successfully "emerge -D -uav world" would be
23 >> much appreciated.
24 >
25 > FEATURES="-collision-protect keepwork" =x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2
26 >
27 > -collision-protect installs the conflicting file even if a collision is
28 > reported. This is more a workaround than a real solution, as the next
29 > install of xorg-server will probably bring a collision again. Eventually,
30 > either the xorg or the ati-drivers ebuild will be changed.
31 >
32 > keepwork just avoids re-compiling the driver to save you some time.
33 >
34 > There is already bug report (http://bugs.gentoo.org/247685), with more
35 > information on how to solve this.
36 >
37 > Wonko
38 >
39
40 Thanks, Alex. I finally got through the emerge. I'll keep your note
41 handy for use next time the collision is reported.
42
43 Best regards,
44 John