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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:07:43
Message-Id: tkrat.76c93e2eb0638aa7@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On 21 Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
3 >> Hi,
4 >>
5 >> I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver
6 >> to a machine with onboard radeonhd device.
7 >>
8 >> Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl
9 >> it always tries to find Nvidia's opengl.
10 >>
11 >> Of course, I have unmerged the nvidia driver.
12 >>
13 >> How can I get rid of the Nvidia heritage?
14 >>
15 >> Many thanks for a hint,
16 >> Helmut.
17 >
18 > you probably have some dangling symlinks left. That happens when you unmerge
19 > first, eselect later. eselect can not deal with dangling symlinks - it fails
20 > silently. So, check for broken symlinks, remove them, then run eselect again.
21 >
22
23 Thanks, can you please tell me where to search for these dangling
24 symlinks?
25
26 Helmut.
27
28 --
29 Helmut Jarausch
30
31 Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
32 RWTH - Aachen University
33 D 52056 Aachen, Germany

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Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>