Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 21 Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver
> >> to a machine with onboard radeonhd device.
> >>
> >> Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl
> >> it always tries to find Nvidia's opengl.
> >>
> >> Of course, I have unmerged the nvidia driver.
> >>
> >> How can I get rid of the Nvidia heritage?
> >>
> >> Many thanks for a hint,
> >> Helmut.
> >
> > you probably have some dangling symlinks left. That happens when you
> > unmerge first, eselect later. eselect can not deal with dangling symlinks
> > - it fails silently. So, check for broken symlinks, remove them, then run
> > eselect again.
>
> Thanks, can you please tell me where to search for these dangling
> symlinks?
>
> Helmut.

all over /usr/lib ;)

easiest way to fix it, would be running 'symlinks'

eix symlinks
[I] app-misc/symlinks
     Available versions:  1.2-r2 {static}
     Installed versions:  1.2-r2(18:07:20 20.06.2008)(-static)
     Homepage:            http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/utils/file/
     Description:         Symlinks scans for and fixes broken or messy 
symlinks