[gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 is blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6

[gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 is blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6

[felix]

Usually these emerge blockages disappear after a few days, but this
one has been hanging around for a while.  Apparently my google-fu is
pretty bad on this subject because I can't find anything useful.

Here are snippets from the most recent sync and -p update:

[nomerge      ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tga-1.2.0
[ebuild     UD]  x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2 [1.5.2]

[blocks B     ] <x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 ("<x11-base/xorg-server-1.5" is blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  ('installed', '/', 'x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6', 'nomerge') pulled in by
    >=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.3 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2', 'nomerge')
    >=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.3 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4', 'nomerge')

  ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2', 'merge') pulled in by
    >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.0.90 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8', 'nomerge')
    >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/xf86-video-trident-1.3.1', 'nomerge')
    >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0', 'nomerge')
    (and 63 more)

I suppose the first mystery is why it wants to downgrade xorg-server.
I do have an overflowing world file from my not understanding that
portage is not smart enough to figure things out better, but I have
been cleaning it up, and removing every single "x11-driver" entry
doesn't change it from wanting to downgrade.

The second mystery is why libpciaccess is involved in this.  Is this
because xorg-server-1.4 can't tolerate a recent libpicaccess and needs
to downgrade?  The message doesn't say that.

Is there a reasonable way to resolve this?  X works fine for me as is
with 1.5.2, so I am not in a hurry to downgrade.  But it is annoying
seeing this blockage week after week.

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Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 is blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:23:30 -0700, felix@crowfix.com wrote:

>   ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2', 'merge') pulled in by
>     >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.0.90 required by ('installed', '/',
>     >'x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8', 'nomerge')
>     >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/',
>     >'x11-drivers/xf86-video-trident-1.3.1', 'nomerge')
>     >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/',
>     >'x11-drivers/xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0', 'nomerge')  
>     (and 63 more)

The 63 more is a clue. You haven't specified INPUT_DEVICES or VIDEO_CARDS
(or both) in make.conf, so you have installed drivers for everything, some
of which require an older xorg-server. Edit make.conf,re-emerge
xorg-server-1.5.2and do an emerge --depclean -a to remove the dross.


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Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 is blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6

[felix]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:30:04PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> The 63 more is a clue. You haven't specified INPUT_DEVICES or VIDEO_CARDS
> (or both) in make.conf, so you have installed drivers for everything, some
> of which require an older xorg-server. Edit make.conf,re-emerge
> xorg-server-1.5.2and do an emerge --depclean -a to remove the dross.

Thanks.  I'll have to dig a little to find what VIDEO_CARDS should be ...

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Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 is blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 20:53:17 felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:30:04PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > The 63 more is a clue. You haven't specified INPUT_DEVICES or VIDEO_CARDS
> > (or both) in make.conf, so you have installed drivers for everything,
> > some of which require an older xorg-server. Edit make.conf,re-emerge
> > xorg-server-1.5.2and do an emerge --depclean -a to remove the dross.
>
> Thanks.  I'll have to dig a little to find what VIDEO_CARDS should be ...

Determine your video hardware. "eix xorg-server" or "emerge -pv xorg-server" 
will list the USE variables. One of them is VIDEO_CARDS. One of the itmes in 
that list is obviously going to be your card. Set VIDEO_CARDS to that in 
make.conf.

emerge world

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