* [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts
@ 2010-04-23 23:08 meino.cramer
2010-04-23 23:22 ` Peter Ruskin
2010-04-23 23:23 ` Alan McKinnon
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: meino.cramer @ 2010-04-23 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo
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 ... :)
Thank you very much for your help in advance!
Best regards,
mcc
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2010-04-23 23:08 [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts meino.cramer
@ 2010-04-23 23:22 ` Peter Ruskin
2010-04-24 9:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-04-23 23:23 ` Alan McKinnon
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Peter Ruskin @ 2010-04-23 23:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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
========================================================================
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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2010-04-23 23:22 ` Peter Ruskin
@ 2010-04-24 9:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-04-24 11:56 ` Peter Humphrey
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan McKinnon @ 2010-04-24 9:46 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Saturday 24 April 2010 01:22:53 Peter Ruskin wrote:
> 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
The happy news is that nvidia released a driver with xorg-1.8 support on 23
Apr:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=150325
--
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* Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts
2010-04-23 23:08 [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts meino.cramer
2010-04-23 23:22 ` Peter Ruskin
@ 2010-04-23 23:23 ` Alan McKinnon
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan McKinnon @ 2010-04-23 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user; +Cc: meino.cramer
On Saturday 24 April 2010 01:08:46 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?
The former:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315141#c3
>
> What the second message wants to tell me is far beyond my knowledge ... :)
It's portage trying to tell you how those incompatible versions are in the
list to be emerged. A backtrack is simply that - start with what you have,
find out what pulled it in, and what pulled that in, till you come to the end
(usually something in your world file).
Without digging into ebuilds, it looks like xinit pulls in xorg-x11 which
pulls in xorg-server which conflicts with nvidia-drivers,.
This is a classic case of rule #1 of program output: never expose the
underlying implementation in your output. That info is completely useless to
most users and needs re-thinking. Decent programming practice says that output
shout only be given if the user asks for it like that, with say a --debug
option for example.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
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