Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade

[Dave Jones <Dave.Jones@xs4all.nl>]

Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote on 30/06/06 13:55:
>> The stable branch xorg-x11 seems to have been upgraded to version
>> xorg-x11-7.0-r1.

> Just follow [1].

>> However, emerge -puDNv world shows the new x11-xorg blocked by
>> xorg-x11-6.9.
>> I don't understand this, as I have xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 installed.

> Read more carefully. It's blocked by '<=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9'. Note the less 
> than sign.

Oops, my mistake.

>> OK, the new meta-package may be very nice, but I really don't want to
>> compile all the drivers for devices I don't have on my system.  At the
>> moment I use the proprietary nvidia drivers; are these supported under
>> xorg-x11-7.0?

> Then set VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" in /etc/make.conf. It's all covered in [1].

> [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml

Bo, Dirk, thanks for the information. I'll get to work on this (major)
update.  I'll add the nv driver to VIDEO_CARDS as well to have a fall
back in case the binary nvidia drivers won't work with the new x11.

Cheers, Dave
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