[gentoo-user] Re: VIDEO_CARDS= apparently ignored and new pkgs assigned

[Kai Krakow]

Am Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:07:50 -0500
schrieb Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>:

> Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
>  Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon  CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
>
> I'm having a situation where way too many packages are coming up
> needing rebuilt during emerge world.
>
> Decided to see what `emerge @preserved-rebuild would bring me.
>
> ran `emerge -va @preserved-rebuild' and I notice that it appears my
> setting in /etc/portage/make.conf for VIDEO_CARDS="virtualbox" is
> being ignored... the output of above command shows:
>
>   Calculating dependencies... done!
>
>   [ebuild R ] x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.75::gentoo USE="-libkms -static-libs
>      -valgrind" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu*
> nouveau* radeon* (-exynos) (-freedreno) -intel (-omap) (-tegra) (-vc4)
>          (-vivante) -vmware" 0 KiB
>
>   [ebuild   R    ] mail-mta/sendmail-8.14.9-r1::gentoo  USE="mbox ssl
>   tcpd -ipv6 -ldap -libressl -nis -sasl -sockets" 0 KiB
>
>   [ebuild   R    ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu-1.2.0::gentoo
> USE="-glamor" 0 KiB [ebuild   R    ]
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-7.8.0::gentoo  USE="glamor -udev" 0 KiB
> [ebuild   R    ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.13::gentoo  0 KiB
>
> Note how VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu* nouveau* radeon* [...]"
> is being assigned.
>
> And the already installed (probably unneeded pkgs are being
> reinstalled)
>
> I considered ummerging those pkgs but checked `qdepends' on them and
> that swears they are required by xorg-server not to mention this whole
> string of other pkgs:
>
>  qdepends x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau
>
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.13:
> >=x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.60[video_cards_nouveau]
> >=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10 !<sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3
> >=sys-devel/automake-1.15:1.15 >=sys-devel/autoconf-2.69
> >=sys-devel/libtool-2.4 virtual/pkgconfig x11-proto/xf86driproto
> x11-proto/glproto x11-proto/dri2proto x11-proto/fontsproto
> x11-proto/randrproto x11-proto/renderproto x11-proto/videoproto
> x11-proto/xextproto x11-proto/xineramaproto x11-proto/xproto
> x11-base/xorg-server[-minimal] x11-libs/libdrm
> x11-base/xorg-server[xorg] x11-libs/libpciaccess
>
> The other pkgs get similar output
>
> This was not the first time I checked qdepends on this.
>
> I did notice back when some of those driver pkgs were initially
> installed and wondered then why I needed them... I checked then with
> qdepends too and found that they are required by xorg-server and a
> similar string of other pkgs as shown above for each.
>
> Can anyone say what is going on here...?  Is this normal?
> Should I really be needing drivers for ati, nouveau etc?
> Any ideas about what needs to be done if anything?

Please paste your complete make.conf and emerge --info.

-- 
Regards,
Kai

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