From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Laos4-0007Mv-FD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:14:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8073BE02B4; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:14:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A0AE02B4 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:14:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j40so100204ugd.39 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:14:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=q8Do4s4dUhJbyOBedwTLjsePCNMTgK44iRkHlRTnvgs=; b=AO6wwRrJZp3DRM+9Fo7/hDZtC5RMVVicGyv6C4K9jar3v3YXz3OKbj6UOm1tpQdcN6 QxpY6P5gL9o8y50B7xURQpyGVMkuE5+58RXhs9NRrhyV77AXxxrDYIhOG1OnpRQQB4NP Bvij8NT7stDcyHt/GOpyqwKWuUAv0oEMIgkTY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=dHmdjHVrRiEa2cOMyNeQ1kTAK1EaYkNuQ2jNvxG++4bLn4lDh5k2n9g/WwfujQ2mlK awlajLjpcgZdQqN1dvH19gkuKrRrF94Q1hD0uwkbBVahRv/dUIex2alXVQikULbjTouq E7Kguh8HvpcSDyl0+tnueDtYd5rZlT8pe0RQo= Received: by 10.210.29.17 with SMTP id c17mr1444690ebc.188.1235211246632; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:14:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from energy.localnet (energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.197.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 3sm1231537ewy.87.2009.02.21.02.14.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:14:05 -0800 (PST) From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:14:04 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.0 (Linux/2.6.28.5r4; KDE/4.2.0; x86_64; ; ) References: <200902211058.41399.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200902211114.04647.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 036abada-1e7b-4aab-8834-50a8233c7c69 X-Archives-Hash: af4fd4dc5ac627e2887dcd22066d059f 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