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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:59:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon |
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<alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 28 October 2009 12:45:27 Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>> On 28 Oct, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> > On Wednesday 28 October 2009 12:05:21 Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>> >> Hi, |
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>> >> |
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>> >> This was working just fine: |
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>> >> |
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>> >> kernel 2.6.31-r3 + xorg-server-1.6.5 + ati-drivers-9.10 |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Now |
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>> >> kernel 2.6.31-r4 + xorg-server-1.7.1 + ati-drivers-9.10 |
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>> >> fail with |
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>> >> |
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>> >> (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so |
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>> >> dlopen: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so: undefined |
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>> >> symbol: |
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>> >> resVgaShared (EE) Failed to load |
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>> >> /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so |
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>> >> |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Is there any fix already? |
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>> > |
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>> > Apparently not. The conflict lies in the ati drivers and you will |
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have |
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>> > to |
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>> > wait for ATI to support xorg-1.7 before upgrading. |
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>> > |
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>> > There's a bug on b.g.o. which I read last night that has more info. |
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>> > Search for xorg-server, it's near the end of the list (clearly |
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marked) |
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>> |
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>> Thanks for pointing this out to me. |
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>> There should be a warning, since, as many others found out, as well, |
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>> it's not that easier to step back to xorg-server-1.6.5 |
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> |
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> "not that easy" ... now there's an understatement :-) |
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Well, it's truly not for the newbie, but it's not complicated either. |
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After all, you are using ~arch, so..... |
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> The nvidia drivers sensibly block the latest xorg-server. |
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That's what blockers are for: they prevent incompatible packages from |
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being installed together, right? So you can choose what action of course |
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you want to follow. At least your system keeps working instead of throwing |
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you to a text console and greeting you with an undefined symbol message. |
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Jesús Guerrero |
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