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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12" is blocking x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.18-r1
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:34:21
Message-Id: 58A33F97.9060909@sys-concept.com
1 The box that I'm upgrading is giving me:
2
3 [blocks B ] <x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12 ("<x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12" is blocking x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.18-r1)
4
5 !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
6 !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
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8 x11-base/xorg-server:0
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10 (x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
11 >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.18[udev] required by (x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
12 ^^ ^^^^
13
14 (x11-base/xorg-server-1.17.4:0/1.17.4::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
15 <x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.0[glamor(-)?] required by (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11:0/0::gentoo, installed)
16 ^ ^^^^^^
17 x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.17.4= required by (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11:0/0::gentoo, installed)
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19 Normally I would just unmerge and emerge a new one:
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21 emerge -C x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau (1.0.11)
22 and
23 emerge -uq x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau (1.0.12)
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25 But this is a video driver my box is using, and I'm logged into it directly so if I unmerge the drive in use the xorg-server will crash and I I'll be in a login prompt, isn't it?
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27 Is it better to do this upgrade over "ssh" from another box?
28
29 --
30 Thelma

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