Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dirk Heinrichs <ext-dirk.heinrichs@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:15:40
Message-Id: 200606301401.38964.ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade by Dave Jones
1 Am Freitag, 30. Juni 2006 13:39 schrieb ext Dave Jones:
2
3 > The stable branch xorg-x11 seems to have been upgraded to version
4 > xorg-x11-7.0-r1.
5 >
6 > However, emerge -puDNv world shows the new x11-xorg blocked by
7 > xorg-x11-6.9.
8 >
9 > I don't understand this, as I have xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 installed.
10
11 One is the old, big package, the other is for the meta packages. You can
12 only have one.
13
14 > OK, the new meta-package may be very nice, but I really don't want to
15 > compile all the drivers for devices I don't have on my system.
16
17 You don't need to. Put variables INPUT_DEVICES and VIDEO_CARDS
18 into /etc/make.conf.
19
20 > At the
21 > moment I use the proprietary nvidia drivers; are these supported under
22 > xorg-x11-7.0?
23
24 Don't know, would guess yes.
25
26 > Any ideas about the v6.9 blocker / tips / pointers?
27
28 emerge -C xorg-x11; emerge xorg-x11 (or -puDNv world).
29
30 Bye...
31
32 Dirk
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