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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