From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M8kXU-0004qf-GF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 26 May 2009 00:29:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A4A3E0377; Tue, 26 May 2009 00:29:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f176.google.com (mail-gx0-f176.google.com [209.85.217.176]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65CF7E0377 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 00:29:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so7834291gxk.10 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 17:29:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=/o5RV8fujbT/pO5YPTGrLHOOmLzJqChoL5nLdG+tp20=; b=ILSOFS4cjeT74+uJXFJUJhTubudCsiDsb76Q+nShnP8tvFlmJlNR8AF0ECJSX/bKvi x4m1UXgwg2rhlxYPeF4QyMlNVo0a/oTatXW3iRMvyz/ltYQxcuDUtrKBO/HPPoyPV0QG uPhYQl4k51US0gWUFIeFuvFcOT++KSK8GbOEI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=iTl1mMEDZY+0SLUPAVfxWCHalu+kS3I4AM6uouqQ/5vBKiUGXQJRjSp+ippY+LsDiF G+w7nRsQg4Vjru7A/yzhZnttlVOSk6HxPeA7pYPQUNhyiknOrdcscB65k6FCGTr+rBNk FERRUO2lrGONDYEdtGMo3vrMQcD+EmMnKazP4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.98.13 with SMTP id v13mr4930972agb.43.1243297746034; Mon, 25 May 2009 17:29:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200905252224.00128.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <9acccfe50905240838ubcccec1m397f462b96b03517@mail.gmail.com> <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118DC1FA2553@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> <9acccfe50905251127s700a3d65pe41028f980404b9e@mail.gmail.com> <200905252224.00128.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 17:29:05 -0700 Message-ID: <9acccfe50905251729p796eae2cx1b9fc62791ff11d9@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 834c3a8f-1a24-4dd6-91ef-f67e3bbe611f X-Archives-Hash: bde2d674450af7b7d312309d417d76a3 On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 25 May 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> In make.config, I changed to >> =A0VIDEO_CARDS=3D"r128 vga fbdev vesa" >> and recompiled xorg-server. > [snip...] > >> Now when I try "startx" it still has problems, but I appear to be >> closer. =A0On 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? =A0You can create/modify your .fdi fi= le 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 h= ave 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 > --=20 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD