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From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge xf86-driver-ati-6.6.3 fails
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:12:11 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1161069131.14315.32.camel@neuromancer.home.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200610170811.18629.bo.andresen@zlin.dk>

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 08:11 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Monday 16 October 2006 22:17, Mick wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I started an update world today which ran through xorg-server and xorg-x11
> > before it went along to update x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6.3.  This
> > package tries to check /etc/portage/profile/make.globals and fails
> > miserably.  :-(  The reason is that I have no such file.  The only file I
> > can find in /etc/portage/profile is profile.bashrc.
> >
> > Needless to say that without an ati driver I have no X and I need this
> > laptop for work!  Would you perhaps know what's gone wrong here?
> >
> > This is the error from the emerge:
> [SNIP]
> 
> I see two options. Either upgrade to latest ~arch portage and see if that 
> fixes it or file a bug..

Where do you see it sourcing for make.globals??

The ebuild is also very simple and short
pkg_setup() {
    if use dri && ! built_with_use x11-base/xorg-server dri; then
        die "Build x11-base/xorg-server with USE=dri."
    fi
}

I just upgraded from xorg-7.0 to xorg-7.1 (this is because I was trying
to get my laptop to support Monitor out at 1680x1050 on a Radeon 9000.
(it's stated max is 1600x1200)

> 

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-17  7:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-16 20:17 [gentoo-user] emerge xf86-driver-ati-6.6.3 fails Mick
2006-10-17  6:11 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-10-17  7:12   ` Ow Mun Heng [this message]
2006-10-17  8:42   ` [gentoo-user] emerge xf86-driver-ati-6.6.3 fails [SOLVED] Mick
2006-10-17  6:59 ` [gentoo-user] Re: emerge xf86-driver-ati-6.6.3 fails Mick

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