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From: Peter Ruskin <peter.ruskin@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:24:03
Message-Id: 201004240022.53926.peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Saturday 24 April 2010 00:08:46 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > before getting into too much trouble better I aask:
5 > While updateing I got the following message:
6 >
7 > ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.8.0', 'merge')
8 > conflicts with <x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.99 required by
9 > ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.15',
10 > 'nomerge')
11 >
12 >
13 > !!! The following update(s) have been skipped due to
14 > unsatisfied dependencies !!! triggered by backtracking:
15 > x11-apps/xinit:0
16 >
17 >
18 > The first one I understand what I wants to say, but: Is the
19 > conflict based on the limition of the nvidia-driver not to run
20 > with xorg-server-1.8.0 even when recompiled after the new
21 > xorg-server is reinstalled or does the latter help to circumvent
22 > the problem?
23 >
24 > What the second message wants to tell me is far beyond my
25 > knowledge ... :)
26 >
27 You don't need to do a thing. Until nvidia comes out with a driver
28 compatible with xorg-server-1.8, portage will keep you with 1.7.
29 Portage is also telling you that, because it's keeping xorg-server
30 at 1.7 it won't upgrade xinit.
31
32 See Bug http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315141
33
34 --
35 Peter
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37 Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.2_rc67 kernel-2.6.33-gentoo-r1
38 AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor gcc(Gentoo: 4.4.3)
39 KDE: 3.5.10 Qt: 3.3.8b
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Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>