Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

["Aleksandar L. Dimitrov" <aleks_d@gmx.de>]

On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 12:24 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote:
> Aleksandar L. Dimitrov wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:45 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote:
> >   
> >> I should then  be using version 8.28.8 of the driver.
> >>
> >> I have tried coping both the 8.28.8 and the 8.36.5 to my dist folder and
> >> tried to run emerge:
> >>
> >> emerge -va ati-drivers
> >>
> >> but it only suggests the 8.32.5 version, which as previously mentioned,
> >> dos not work.
> >>
> >> Am I missing to parameters to emerge or?
> >>     
> >
> > You should try 
> > $ sudo emerge -va =x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5
> > Note that the precise path (before the slash) is mandatory, as is the
> > `=' sign. You don't have to copy the stuff into portage/distfiles, but
> > maybe your xorg-version could block the merge. Try downgrading then.
> >
> > But I'm not sure if this could help with your issues.
> >
> > Regards, Aleks
> >
> >   
> Hi Aleks
> 
> Sorry... I get the same error
> 
> Joe
> 
Hi Johannes,
Whoops, sorry, seems I got the version number wrong. Of course, just
substituting the desired version would help. On my system:

12:40:11 | 1 $ emerge -p =x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.28.8

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.28.8  USE="acpi opengl -doc" 
[blocks B     ] x11-drivers/ati-drivers (is blocking
x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0)

This means it is not fine to install them with a newer x-server on my
arch (x86).

Regards, Aleks

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