From: Peter Ruskin <peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:22:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201004240022.53926.peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100423230846.GA6919@solfire>
On Saturday 24 April 2010 00:08:46 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> before getting into too much trouble better I aask:
> While updateing I got the following message:
>
> ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.8.0', 'merge')
> conflicts with <x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.99 required by
> ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.15',
> 'nomerge')
>
>
> !!! The following update(s) have been skipped due to
> unsatisfied dependencies !!! triggered by backtracking:
> x11-apps/xinit:0
>
>
> The first one I understand what I wants to say, but: Is the
> conflict based on the limition of the nvidia-driver not to run
> with xorg-server-1.8.0 even when recompiled after the new
> xorg-server is reinstalled or does the latter help to circumvent
> the problem?
>
> What the second message wants to tell me is far beyond my
> knowledge ... :)
>
You don't need to do a thing. Until nvidia comes out with a driver
compatible with xorg-server-1.8, portage will keep you with 1.7.
Portage is also telling you that, because it's keeping xorg-server
at 1.7 it won't upgrade xinit.
See Bug http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315141
--
Peter
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Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.2_rc67 kernel-2.6.33-gentoo-r1
AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor gcc(Gentoo: 4.4.3)
KDE: 3.5.10 Qt: 3.3.8b
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-23 23:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-23 23:08 [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts meino.cramer
2010-04-23 23:22 ` Peter Ruskin [this message]
2010-04-24 9:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-04-24 11:56 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-04-25 13:53 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-04-23 23:23 ` Alan McKinnon
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