[gentoo-catalyst] problem with mkxf86config

[gentoo-catalyst] problem with mkxf86config

[LarryT]

Hi all.
Since about one month and a half i am maintaining the GParted livecd 
which is based on gentoo-catalyst.
Till snapshot 20070129 i got no special problem. But since snapshot 
20070203 (and later), there is something weird that happens with 
mkxf86config :
I keep only vesa as video driver. Till snapshot 20070129, mkxf86 
generated a xorg file that tried to load vesa for all kind of video card.
But since snapshot 20070203, it is like this : ati asks for ati, radeon 
for radeon, vmware for vmware .....
SO X failed to load, of course. I have to add in overlay the missing 
drivers...

So i wonder why mkxf86 changed ( it is the same version btw !). I didnt 
make any changes but the snapshot !
If needed, you may have a look at svn : 
http://gparted.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gparted/livecd/trunk/

thx for any advise :)

Larry

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] problem with mkxf86config

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 21:58 +0100, LarryT wrote:
> So i wonder why mkxf86 changed ( it is the same version btw !).

It didn't.  Something else in the tree changed that caused it.  Have you
looked into pciutils to see if this is the change that caused it?
Without being able to see every package that changed between those dates
and why, there's not really much that we can do.  I can tell you the
packages involved in mkxf86config's detection, and that's about it.

pciutils
libkudzu
hwsetup
mkxf86config

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] problem with mkxf86config

[LarryT]

I must say something really weird to me :
Because of a shutdown problem i had to come back to baselayout 1.12.6 
and mask 1.12.9
Then i have just discover that the video problem is gone away !!!
I mean that if the video card is unkown by the system (like with 
Vitrtualbox), the driver is *automaticaly* set to vesa, like it was before !
Baselayout is the *only* change i made !

Laurent

Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 21:58 +0100, LarryT wrote:
>   
>> So i wonder why mkxf86 changed ( it is the same version btw !).
>>     
>
> It didn't.  Something else in the tree changed that caused it.  Have you
> looked into pciutils to see if this is the change that caused it?
> Without being able to see every package that changed between those dates
> and why, there's not really much that we can do.  I can tell you the
> packages involved in mkxf86config's detection, and that's about it.
>
> pciutils
> libkudzu
> hwsetup
> mkxf86config
>
>   

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] problem with mkxf86config

[LarryT]

Yes, i *must* say that (*in my case*) with baselayout 1.12.6, all video 
drivers are overwritten by vesa driver.
It does exaclty what i wish, but  it doesnt happen anymore with 
baselayout 1.12.9 (which makes problem when shuting donw, but bug has 
been reported).

Laurent

LarryT wrote:
> I must say something really weird to me :
> Because of a shutdown problem i had to come back to baselayout 1.12.6 
> and mask 1.12.9
> Then i have just discover that the video problem is gone away !!!
> I mean that if the video card is unkown by the system (like with 
> Vitrtualbox), the driver is *automaticaly* set to vesa, like it was 
> before !
> Baselayout is the *only* change i made !
>
> Laurent
>
> Chris Gianelloni wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 21:58 +0100, LarryT wrote:
>>  
>>> So i wonder why mkxf86 changed ( it is the same version btw !).
>>>     
>>
>> It didn't.  Something else in the tree changed that caused it.  Have you
>> looked into pciutils to see if this is the change that caused it?
>> Without being able to see every package that changed between those dates
>> and why, there's not really much that we can do.  I can tell you the
>> packages involved in mkxf86config's detection, and that's about it.
>>
>> pciutils
>> libkudzu
>> hwsetup
>> mkxf86config
>>
>>   
>

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