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 1L1iOc-0001nr-A7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:14:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8717E0103; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:14:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A349E0103 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:14:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c7so1176860nfi.26 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:14:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=J8l93RwfAje0y5Kwzam0pa8kR4ZCY1xYs3I7iCjH8B4=; b=f0wEtu4sMLnp2aZVil0CHQ0XBcuSIu1t+EnWuCnI8eXKr1UJMr9peV2EEb3IlErXDA tRS/7p3AzkFPz2Tu+jm9anKlE1xzuCgzC766avD0zVppsLxoMkcFExU3hE7cv/idBM/F QsC5F4h5fgSi6qTqylq/dHGi8xZ3/xdeSXRys= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=MIfx4JHHNi7AECxqPhXXhlXBWo4Kt/UIya1WXcuCKwbFS/+krA2+6P5LH629TCV5gB NcR11tKlbsB7QfkNFX3JWQYuHnO+4vin5t89OjRSRJJWlmDGutJk6BBs7st4OneL7Oxc CTmgbv8/WKBfEgopjyZcxwNXd8ro+r8hdr1gk= Received: by 10.210.36.8 with SMTP id j8mr2995847ebj.155.1226844875436; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:14:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.37.7 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:14:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38af3d670811160614i1a6136f9ge5af5e271247d7d0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:14:35 -0200 From: "Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto" Sender: jorgepeixotomorais@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] excess x11 drivers In-Reply-To: <491F6B92.3010903@gmail.com> 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 References: <87r65c34d1.fsf@newsguy.com> <491F6B92.3010903@gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 32f7880b4898a9b2 X-Archives-Salt: 05046615-eac3-4bae-9d98-19e881d63a13 X-Archives-Hash: 59e4f554714cc1d2cec9851fea39fba3 >> Someone noticed I had too many x11 drivers installed and suggested I >> set the /etc/make.conf VIDEO_CARDS variable (which I never have set >> before) >> >> I figured out I have an nvidia card so set VIDEO_CARDS="nv" >> >> Now with my emerge -vuDN @system @world complete I'm unable to start >> X. (More on that later in a separate thread) >> >> << SNIP >> >> >> Whats all that for? >> >> Checking dependancies on a few I see: >> >> dep -l x11-drivers/xf86-video-voodoo: >> ! x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 >> >> on all I checked. >> >> What can this mean? >> >> > > Give this a shot: > > VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" No, "nvidia" is for the proprietary binary nvida driver. The free driver for nvidia cards is called NV. I have a GeForce4 MX 440 and I have this in my make.conf: VIDEO_CARDS="nv vesa" And this results in $ emerge -pv xorg-server These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies ... done! [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6 USE="nptl sdl xorg -3dfx -debug -dmx -dri -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal -xprint" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="nv vesa -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 (-impact) -imstt -intel -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -nvidia -r128 -radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 0 kB and $ equery list x11-drivers/ [ Searching for all packages in 'x11-drivers' among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-1.1.5-r1 (0) [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.1.1 (0) [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3 (0) [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-2.1.9 (0) [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0 (0) -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds