Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[Donnie Berkholz]

Grant wrote:
> I had some trouble upgrading to xorg-x11-7.0 due to a mouse issue so I
> downgraded back to xorg-x11-6.8 via the -K emerge option.  Now I'm
> trying to get back to 7.0 to test the fix and I can't seem to do it.
> After unmerging 6.8, 7.0 emerges just fine without or without the -K
> option.  Trying to startxfce4 after that results in an xinit error and
> there are other "missing file" X errors before I get to the command
> line (I use gdm).
>
> Something must be out of order, but I don't know enough about xorg to
> determine what.  'emerge -avDuN world' doesn't come up with anything.
> Does this issue make sense to anyone or do I need to come up with some
> specific error messages?

Yeah, the problem is that you never uninstalled the modular packages
when you downgraded. The easiest way to proceed right now is `emerge -e
xorg-x11`.

Thanks,
Donnie