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From: wabe <wabenbau@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12" is blocking x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.18-r1
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:54:40
Message-Id: 20170214185424.1469eef7@hal9000.localdomain
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12" is blocking x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.18-r1 by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2
3 > The box that I'm upgrading is giving me:
4 >
5 > [blocks B ] <x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12
6 > ("<x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12" is blocking
7 > x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.18-r1)
8 >
9 > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been
10 > pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
11 >
12 > x11-base/xorg-server:0
13 >
14 > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
15 > merge) pulled in by
16 > >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.18[udev] required by
17 > >(x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild
18 > >scheduled for merge)
19 > ^^
20 > ^^^^
21 >
22 > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.17.4:0/1.17.4::gentoo, installed) pulled in
23 > by <x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.0[glamor(-)?] required by
24 > (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11:0/0::gentoo, installed)
25 > ^ ^^^^^^ x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.17.4= required
26 > by (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11:0/0::gentoo, installed)
27 >
28 > Normally I would just unmerge and emerge a new one:
29 >
30 > emerge -C x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau (1.0.11)
31 > and
32 > emerge -uq x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau (1.0.12)
33 >
34 > But this is a video driver my box is using, and I'm logged into it
35 > directly so if I unmerge the drive in use the xorg-server will crash
36 > and I I'll be in a login prompt, isn't it?
37 >
38 > Is it better to do this upgrade over "ssh" from another box?
39
40 You could also use a text console on the local machine.
41
42 --
43 Regards
44 wabe