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From: Dirk Heinrichs <ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:01:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606301401.38964.ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44A50D62.5080609@xs4all.nl>

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Am Freitag, 30. Juni 2006 13:39 schrieb ext Dave Jones:

> The stable branch xorg-x11 seems to have been upgraded to version
> xorg-x11-7.0-r1.
>
> However, emerge -puDNv world shows the new x11-xorg blocked by
> xorg-x11-6.9.
>
> I don't understand this, as I have xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 installed.

One is the old, big package, the other is for the meta packages. You can 
only have one.

> OK, the new meta-package may be very nice, but I really don't want to
> compile all the drivers for devices I don't have on my system.

You don't need to. Put variables INPUT_DEVICES and VIDEO_CARDS 
into /etc/make.conf.

> At the 
> moment I use the proprietary nvidia drivers; are these supported under
> xorg-x11-7.0?

Don't know, would guess yes.

> Any ideas about the v6.9 blocker / tips / pointers?

emerge -C xorg-x11; emerge xorg-x11 (or -puDNv world).

Bye...

	Dirk
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-06-30 12:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-30 11:39 [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade Dave Jones
2006-06-30 11:55 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-06-30 13:32   ` Dave Jones
2006-06-30 17:32     ` Richard Fish
2006-06-30 23:08       ` Willie Wong
2006-07-01  6:36         ` Alan
2006-07-01 15:39           ` Jason Weisberger
2006-07-01  2:08       ` Daevid Vincent
2006-07-01  2:27         ` Thomas G. Willis
2006-07-01  2:38           ` Thomas Cort
2006-07-01  2:48             ` Thomas G. Willis
2006-07-01 22:32         ` Neil Bothwick
2006-07-02  0:25           ` Jason Weisberger
2006-07-02 15:47             ` Neil Bothwick
2006-06-30 12:01 ` Dirk Heinrichs [this message]

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