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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS= apparently ignored and new pkgs assigned
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:45:37
Message-Id: 20170302084513.6642c070@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS= apparently ignored and new pkgs assigned by Harry Putnam
1 On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:07:50 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
2
3 > Decided to see what `emerge @preserved-rebuild would bring me.
4 >
5 > ran `emerge -va @preserved-rebuild' and I notice that it appears my
6 > setting in /etc/portage/make.conf for VIDEO_CARDS="virtualbox" is
7 > being ignored... the output of above command shows:
8 >
9 > Calculating dependencies... done!
10 >
11 > [ebuild R ] x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.75::gentoo USE="-libkms -static-libs
12 > -valgrind" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu* nouveau*
13 > radeon* (-exynos) (-freedreno) -intel (-omap) (-tegra) (-vc4)
14 > (-vivante) -vmware" 0 KiB
15
16 Check for typos in make.conf. For example, if you used VIDEO-CARDS it
17 will be ignored. You'll also find the output from emerge easier to parse
18 if you don't use -v all the time, that way you see only more relevant
19 information.
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22 --
23 Neil Bothwick
24
25 In possession of a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained.