Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Something happened on the way to X : solved
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 10:11:22
Message-Id: 4BFE4522.2050902@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Something happened on the way to X : solved by alain.didierjean@free.fr
1 alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote:
2 > Selon Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
3 >
4 >
5 >> alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote:
6 >>
7 >>> Installing Gentoo on my computer... with
8 >>> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
9 >>> VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
10 >>> INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"
11 >>>
12 >>> everything's fine until I emerge xorg-server, which returns:
13 >>>
14 >>> [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.7 INPUT_DEVICES="evdev -acecad
15 >>>
16 >> -aiptek
17 >>
18 >>> -joystick -keyboard -mouse -penmount -synaptics -tslib -virtualbox -vmmouse
19 >>> -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx -apm -ark -ast -chips -cirrus -dummy
20 >>>
21 >> -epson
22 >>
23 >>> -fbdev (-geode) -glint -i128 (-i740) (-impact) -intel -mach64 -mga
24 >>>
25 >> -neomagic
26 >>
27 >>> (-newport) -nv (-nvidia) -r128 -radeon -radeonhd -rendition -s3 -s3virge
28 >>>
29 >> -savage
30 >>
31 >>> -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6)
32 >>>
33 >> (-sunffb)
34 >>
35 >>> (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -via -virtualbox
36 >>> -vmware (-voodoo) (-xgi)"
37 >>> [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXinerama-1.1 USE="-debug"
38 >>> [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6 USE="hal nptl xorg -debug -dmx
39 >>>
40 >> -ipv6
41 >>
42 >>> -kdrive -minimal -sdl -tslib"
43 >>> [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11 USE="modules (multilib)
44 >>>
45 >> -debug"
46 >>
47 >>> [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.3.2 USE="-debug"
48 >>> [blocks B ]>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.0 (">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.0"
49 >>>
50 >> is
51 >>
52 >>> blocking x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11)
53 >>>
54 >>> * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
55 >>> * installed at the same time on the same system.
56 >>>
57 >>> ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11', 'merge') pulled in by
58 >>> x11-drivers/ati-drivers required by ('ebuild', '/',
59 >>> 'x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.7', 'merge')
60 >>>
61 >>> ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6', 'merge') pulled in by
62 >>> >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r7 required by ('ebuild', '/',
63 >>> 'x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11', 'merge')
64 >>> xorg-server
65 >>> >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.3 required by ('ebuild', '/',
66 >>> 'x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.3.2', 'merge')
67 >>>
68 >>>
69 >>> ------------------ SNIP-------------------------
70 >>>
71 >> I don't use ATI but I think I read here a while back that ATI drivers
72 >> have to be compatible with certain versions of xorg. You may want to
73 >> see if you can use a newer version of the ATI drivers.
74 >>
75 >> You can look at the ebuild to see what exact versions. From what i
76 >> read, it looks like you may need the 10 series instead of the 9 series.
77 >> Then again, it is sometimes backwards from what I am thinking. May be
78 >> worth testing anyway.
79 >>
80 >>
81 > emerging ~amd64 drivers (x11-drivers/ati-drivers-10-4) did the job.
82 >
83 >
84
85 Glad to have helped. Sort of surprised since I don't know anything
86 about ATI cards. o_O
87
88 Dale
89
90 :-) :-)