Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

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

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 25 May 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>
>> In make.config, I changed to
>>  VIDEO_CARDS="r128 vga fbdev vesa"
>> and recompiled xorg-server.
> [snip...]
>
>> Now when I try "startx" it still has problems, but I appear to be
>> closer.  On screen I see
> [snip...]
>> (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
>
> You probably have tried it already, but what gives when you remove
> your /etc/X11/xorg.conf completely?  You can create/modify your .fdi file as
> per the upgrade guide.

That's what I quoted in the last email.  I haven't any clear reason to
modify the .fdi
file, since I'm running pretty much a standard USA-English setup here.  I have a
short xorg.conf that I've sometimes tried, but not this time.

> Also, check that you only have xf86-video-r128 emerged and not xf86-video-ati
> and that you don't have any duplicate entries for radeon, ati, fglrx and what
> have you in your VIDEO_CARDS within /etc/make.conf.

VIDEO_CARDS is exactly as quoted above.  There are 4 video drivers emerged,
which match those names.  Nothing else.

>
> HTH.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>



-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD