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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 03:56:26
Message-Id: 9acccfe50905262056l62a26618mc8b43de17629d4be@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
3 >>>
4 >>> Re: glx, what happens if you run 'eselect opengl list'?
5 >>>
6 >>
7 >> there are two listed, ati and xorg-x11.  xorg-x11 is selected.
8 >
9 > That means you have not removed ati-drivers.  It might be they interfere
10 > with X.  First, unload them:
11 >
12 >  modprobe -r fglrx
13 >
14 > Then uninstall them:
15 >
16 >  eselect opengl set xorg-x11
17 >  emerge -C ati-drivers
18 >
19 > And then remove what's left of them:
20 >
21 >  rm -r /etc/ati
22 >  rm /lib/modules/YOUR_RUNNING_KERNEL/video/fglrx.ko
23 >
24 > I hope you have done an "emerge -auDN world" after you changed the
25 > VIDEO_CARDS settings in make.conf?
26
27
28 Actually, I unmerged ait-drivers a few days ago. It's not loaded and
29 does not exist. I think xorg-server was recompiled too, but in any
30 event emerge -aDNvu world doesn't want to emerge anything. But still
31 there's this remnant of "ati". I was wondering why.
32
33 ++ kevin
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37 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD