[gentoo-user] emerge xf86-driver-ati-6.6.3 fails

[Mick]

Hi All,

I started an update world today which ran through xorg-server and xorg-x11 
before it went along to update x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6.3.  This 
package tries to check /etc/portage/profile/make.globals and fails 
miserably.  :-(  The reason is that I have no such file.  The only file I can 
find in /etc/portage/profile is profile.bashrc.

Needless to say that without an ati driver I have no X and I need this laptop 
for work!  Would you perhaps know what's gone wrong here?

This is the error from the emerge:
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>>> Unpacking source...
!!! [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/portage/profile/make.globals'
!!! Incorrect multiline literals can cause this. Do not use them.
!!! Errors in this file should be reported on bugs.gentoo.org.
  [32;01m* [0m Checking for direct rendering capabilities ...
!!! [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/portage/profile/make.globals'
!!! Incorrect multiline literals can cause this. Do not use them.
!!! Errors in this file should be reported on bugs.gentoo.org.

!!! ERROR: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6.3 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1546:   Called dyn_unpack
  ebuild.sh, line 708:   Called src_unpack
  ebuild.sh, line 1255:   Called x-modular_src_unpack
  x-modular.eclass, line 269:   Called x-modular_dri_check
  x-modular.eclass, line 190:   Called 
built_with_use 'x11-base/xorg-server' 'dri'
  eutils.eclass, line 1599:   Called die

!!! Unable to resolve x11-base/xorg-server to an installed package
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if 
relevant.
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This is what Xorg.0.log shows when I try to launch X:
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(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 4.0.3
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(EE) module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
(II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "radeon" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
	ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.4
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
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This is my emerge --info:
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Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 
2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU      
1066MHz
Last Sync: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:50:01 +0000
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.3
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -msse -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -msse -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox 
sfperms strict userlocales userpriv usersandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/mirrors/gentoo 
ftp://212.219.56.132/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ 
ftp://212.219.56.133/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://194.117.143.70 
ftp://212.219.56.134/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://194.117.143.71 
http://194.117.143.72"
LINGUAS="en_GB"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X aac aalib acl acpi alsa arts asf berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth 
bzip2 cairo ccache cdparanoia cdr cli crypt cups curl dbus dlloader dri dvd 
dvdr dvdread elibc_glibc emboss encode fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gdbm 
gif gpm gstreamer gtalk hal imagemagick imlib input_devices_keyboard 
input_devices_mouse input_devices_synaptics irda irmc isdnlog jabber jpeg kde 
kernel_linux ldap libg++ linguas_en_GB live lm_sensors logrotate mad mikmod 
mng mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfs ogg opengl oss pam 
pcmcia pcre pda perl pmu png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real 
reflection reiserfs scanner sdl session smime speex spell spl sse ssl svga 
tcpd theora tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb 
userland_GNU video_cards_radeon vorbis win32codecs wmf xml xmms xorg xv xvid 
zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, 
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
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Regards,
Mick