Re: [gentoo-user] Something happened on the way to X

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

alain.didierjean@free.fr wrote:
> Installing Gentoo on my computer... with
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
> VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
> INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"
>
> everything's fine until I emerge xorg-server, which returns:
>
> [ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.7  INPUT_DEVICES="evdev -acecad -aiptek
> -joystick -keyboard -mouse -penmount -synaptics -tslib -virtualbox -vmmouse
> -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx -apm -ark -ast -chips -cirrus -dummy -epson
> -fbdev (-geode) -glint -i128 (-i740) (-impact) -intel -mach64 -mga -neomagic
> (-newport) -nv (-nvidia) -r128 -radeon -radeonhd -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage
> -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb)
> (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -via -virtualbox
> -vmware (-voodoo) (-xgi)"
> [ebuild  N    ] x11-libs/libXinerama-1.1  USE="-debug"
> [ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6  USE="hal nptl xorg -debug -dmx -ipv6
> -kdrive -minimal -sdl -tslib"
> [ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11  USE="modules (multilib) -debug"
> [ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.3.2  USE="-debug"
> [blocks B     ]>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.0 (">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.0" is
> blocking x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11)
>
>   * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>   * installed at the same time on the same system.
>
>    ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11', 'merge') pulled in by
>      x11-drivers/ati-drivers required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.7', 'merge')
>
>    ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6', 'merge') pulled in by
>      >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r7 required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.11', 'merge')
>      xorg-server
>      >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.3 required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.3.2', 'merge')
>
>
> For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
> section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
>
> Any known workaround ? Should I fill a bug report ?
> gentoo without a GUI is quite frustrating...
>
> --
> ~adj~
>
>
>    

I don't use ATI but I think I read here a while back that ATI drivers 
have to be compatible with certain versions of xorg.  You may want to 
see if you can use a newer version of the ATI drivers.

You can look at the ebuild to see what exact versions.  From what i 
read, it looks like you may need the 10 series instead of the 9 series.  
Then again, it is sometimes backwards from what I am thinking.  May be 
worth testing anyway.

Dale

:-)  :-)