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

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

alain.didierjean@free.fr wrote:
> Selon 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')
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------ SNIP-------------------------
>>>        
>> 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.
>>
>>      
> emerging ~amd64 drivers (x11-drivers/ati-drivers-10-4) did the job.
>
>    

Glad to have helped.  Sort of surprised since I don't know anything 
about ATI cards.  o_O

Dale

:-)  :-)