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 1L1kC1-0003sG-5W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:09:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 249B2E02DE; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:09:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC1A3E02DE for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:09:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c7so1187110nfi.26 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:09:42 -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=lCQOINtnJCVC5PkwpIdOeyzoMsyRVvRQf4ZFNOL4Sg8=; b=IYbOr4+Vk0yr654g0jPl1i8MiI+hnYad4hKRNulXdNiW5GUjHeYqcFdXekyh0ab9yy aEDhn/QEZoS2mzJpEOgm1yxuYuoxbtrUHRZQR7ydjULw28Vd2mifgXUHDlAFC+9w1yuT l0KMB0MPVjmtFBSCipybIdNhPPJTURxO4T8dE= 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=IsoYbbVe98oohOWHmvsDl66hRK9raCD35BbYmRDtkoVTmMVMyXyba5UMZHV69tLp4u wlEAFJS1w4aGcUKq5EHeb1Y2PU/mEL42jPaUzFcoC8GlpKzchHI51fodgpgkPeQJk3uH 7LyK82NSHUwJ1RkglfuxO48u7MFRn+FNH2gUI= Received: by 10.210.80.2 with SMTP id d2mr594038ebb.67.1226851782779; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:09:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.37.7 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:09:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38af3d670811160809s7e2b9355k6d67e0d10237648@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:09:42 -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: <200811161619.08967.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> 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> <38af3d670811160619y7c9b78bh54b0b0c0d6133968@mail.gmail.com> <38af3d670811160712r3635d888y4760398cc7c26325@mail.gmail.com> <200811161619.08967.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 00d811405017b11c X-Archives-Salt: 9b7892d7-bdf6-440e-a232-61d99c563412 X-Archives-Hash: a12681c65ae94af8df8f40335596181d On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Sonntag, 16. November 2008 16:12:58 schrieb Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto: >> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto >> >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> I posted some output in anther thread concerning update world >> >> (Subject: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem) >> >> >> >> 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" >> > >> > Could you please post your entire make.conf? >> >> While we are at it, could you please post emerge --info? > > Just courious: What exactly do you want with all this information? IMHO, the > only usefull information comes from lspci and eventually an X11 log file. I am not only concerned about the problem reported in this thread; I also want to give opinion on his larger "update a very outdated system" task. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds