Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers conflicts

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

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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