Re: [gentoo-user] What do I mask to go back to xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Robert Bridge <robert@robbieab.com> wrote:
> Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to roll back xorg-server, and I keep getting stuck:
>>
>> camille log # emerge -pvuD world
>>
>> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>>
>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>>
>> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-base/xorg-server-1.5" have
>> been masked.
>> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
>> request:
>> - x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 (masked by: package.mask)
>> /etc/portage/package.mask:
>> # ########  xorg-server masking  #########
>>
>> - x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r4 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
>>
>> For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
>> man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
>> (dependency required by
>> "x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.6.3-r1" [ebuild])
>> (dependency required by "x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6" [installed])
>> (dependency required by "x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2" [installed])
>> (dependency required by "app-text/ghostscript-gpl-8.64-r2" [installed])
>> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.9" [installed])
>> (dependency required by "kde-base/kde-3.5.9" [installed])
>> (dependency required by "world" [argument])
>>
>> How do I get passed (sp?) this?
>>
>
> You need to mask the most recent intel drivers
> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel)
>


You may also want other stuff.  To stop xorg-server-1.5 I had to add

>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick-1.3.1
>=x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2

But there are still some 72 packages that want to emerge, a lot of them from
x11-drivers; and I'm still too nervous about this to let it proceed.

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD