[gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[Grant]

I had some trouble upgrading to xorg-x11-7.0 due to a mouse issue so I
downgraded back to xorg-x11-6.8 via the -K emerge option.  Now I'm
trying to get back to 7.0 to test the fix and I can't seem to do it.
After unmerging 6.8, 7.0 emerges just fine without or without the -K
option.  Trying to startxfce4 after that results in an xinit error and
there are other "missing file" X errors before I get to the command
line (I use gdm).

Something must be out of order, but I don't know enough about xorg to
determine what.  'emerge -avDuN world' doesn't come up with anything.
Does this issue make sense to anyone or do I need to come up with some
specific error messages?

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[Donnie Berkholz]

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Grant wrote:
> I had some trouble upgrading to xorg-x11-7.0 due to a mouse issue so I
> downgraded back to xorg-x11-6.8 via the -K emerge option.  Now I'm
> trying to get back to 7.0 to test the fix and I can't seem to do it.
> After unmerging 6.8, 7.0 emerges just fine without or without the -K
> option.  Trying to startxfce4 after that results in an xinit error and
> there are other "missing file" X errors before I get to the command
> line (I use gdm).
> 
> Something must be out of order, but I don't know enough about xorg to
> determine what.  'emerge -avDuN world' doesn't come up with anything.
> Does this issue make sense to anyone or do I need to come up with some
> specific error messages?

Yeah, the problem is that you never uninstalled the modular packages
when you downgraded. The easiest way to proceed right now is `emerge -e
xorg-x11`.

Thanks,
Donnie


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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[Grant]

> > I had some trouble upgrading to xorg-x11-7.0 due to a mouse issue so I
> > downgraded back to xorg-x11-6.8 via the -K emerge option.  Now I'm
> > trying to get back to 7.0 to test the fix and I can't seem to do it.
> > After unmerging 6.8, 7.0 emerges just fine without or without the -K
> > option.  Trying to startxfce4 after that results in an xinit error and
> > there are other "missing file" X errors before I get to the command
> > line (I use gdm).
> >
> > Something must be out of order, but I don't know enough about xorg to
> > determine what.  'emerge -avDuN world' doesn't come up with anything.
> > Does this issue make sense to anyone or do I need to come up with some
> > specific error messages?
>
> Yeah, the problem is that you never uninstalled the modular packages
> when you downgraded. The easiest way to proceed right now is `emerge -e
> xorg-x11`.

Would 'emerge -eK world' be OK so I don't have to recompile?

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[Richard Fish]

On 7/7/06, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Would 'emerge -eK world' be OK so I don't have to recompile?

You mean "emerge -eK xorg-x11"?  Yeah, that should be allright...

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[Grant]

> > Would 'emerge -eK world' be OK so I don't have to recompile?
>
> You mean "emerge -eK xorg-x11"?  Yeah, that should be allright...
>
> -Richard

That is what I meant and xorg-x11-7.0 is working great now.  It's so
fast!  Thanks!

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-6.8 --> xorg-7.0 --> 6.8 --> 7.0 impossible?

[Donnie Berkholz]

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Grant wrote:
> Would 'emerge -eK world' be OK so I don't have to recompile?

As long as you created the packages before downgrading to monolithic (6.x).

Thanks,
Donnie


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