Re: [gentoo-amd64] nvidia-drivers is bloking xorg-server

[agtdino <agtdino@teleline.es>]

El mié, 12-09-2007 a las 23:34 +0200, Lorenzo Milesi escribió:

Thank you for your soon response,


To mask xorg 1.4 I tried  
 
echo "=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
And I received when I update

>Calculating world dependencies -
>!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4" have
>been masked.
>!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
>request:
>- x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
>
>For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
>page or 
>refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
>(dependency required by "x11-base/xorg-x11-7.3" [ebuild])
>!!! Problem resolving dependencies for x11-base/xorg-x11
>!!! Depgraph creation failed.

If I drop nvidia-drivers in favo of xf86.video.nv I loose DRI or render
capabilities ?

Thank's And regards

> On 9/12/07, agtdino <agtdino@teleline.es> wrote:
> 
> > [blocks B     ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (is blocking
> > x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1)
> 
> Xorg 1.4 introduced ABI changes. No proprietary driver can actually
> work with the latest xorg.
> 
> > Actually I can run X with the nvidia-driver, don't want to update if I
> > loose the X graphics.
> 
> either you mask xorg 1.4 or in the meantime drop nvidia-drivers in
> favor of xf86-video-nv.
> 
> Eventually you can even run startx with --ignore-ABI, but then you
> should modify the xorg ebuild in order to allow nvidia-drivers :)
> 
> Ciao
> maxxer

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