Re: [gentoo-user] troubles with ati-drivers-8.25.18

[Ryan Tandy <tarpman@gmail.com>]

Mauro Arnoldi wrote:
> 
> My ati drivers doesn't want to compile:
> 
> #emerge -pv ati-drivers
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [blocks B     ] >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 (is blocking 
> x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.25.18)
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.25.18  USE="opengl" 0 kB
> 
> I try with: emerge -O ati-drivers and I set the driver "fglrx". The result:
> 
> (EE) module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
> (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) No drivers available
> 
>> -Richard
> 
Then you may need to use a different xorg-server version.  If that 
doesn't pose a major problem, then

# emerge -C xorg-server
# emerge -D ati-drivers

Simply installing the ati-drivers should automatically pull in the 
newest xorg-server that they will work with.  There's a thread somewhere 
on forums.gentoo.org, and another one a while back on gentoo-dev, 
explaining the reason for the block.

When I first started with the ati-drivers, Xorg 6.8 was the latest 
available, but they would only work with 6.7 - so we had to wait until 
ATI released a new version before we could use 6.8.

Waiting a few weeks for the very latest xorg-server build won't kill you. ;)
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