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To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: remove xorg-server to emerge nvidia-glx <=Normal?
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:43:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hd2k80ts.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5c751a230606170118o33f5ac2co471e7e8771b61638@mail.gmail.com

"Calvin Walton" <calvin.walton@gmail.com> writes:

> Unfortunately, if you've already installed xorg 7.1, it's really hard
> to downgrade.
> Perhaps you can find some help from someone else on doing that, I've
> make a local overlay ebuild without the block because it was working
> for me.

Pavel appears to be suggesting that I un-emerge the current
xorg-server.  Then install the nvidia stuff and then using his
package.mask, reinstall xorg-server.

Do you think that will lead to troubles?  I'm going to close down X
and try it...

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-17 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-17  3:38 [gentoo-user] remove xorg-server to emerge nvidia-glx <=Normal? reader
2006-06-17  8:18 ` Calvin Walton
2006-06-17 11:43   ` reader [this message]
2006-06-17 12:25     ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2006-06-18  4:58       ` reader
2006-06-18 13:09         ` Benno Schulenberg
2006-06-18 15:43           ` reader
2006-06-18 19:46             ` Benno Schulenberg
2006-06-18 22:55               ` reader
2006-06-17  8:52 ` [gentoo-user] " Pavel Kouřil
2006-06-17 11:40   ` [gentoo-user] " reader
2006-06-17 12:18     ` Pavel Kouřil
2006-06-27 11:18 ` [gentoo-user] xorg & nvidia (again) ;-( Daniel Iliev
2006-06-27 11:39   ` Neil Bothwick
2006-06-27 14:54     ` Daniel Iliev
2006-06-27 21:16       ` David Klempner
2006-06-28  0:11         ` Daniel Iliev

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