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* [gentoo-user]  excess x11 drivers
@ 2008-11-16  0:24 99% Harry Putnam
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2008-11-16  0:24 UTC (permalink / raw
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I posted some output in anther thread concerning update world
 (Subject: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem)

Someone noticed I had too many x11 drivers installed and suggested I
set the /etc/make.conf VIDEO_CARDS variable (which I never have set
before)

I figured out I have an nvidia card so set VIDEO_CARDS="nv"

Now with my emerge -vuDN @system @world complete I'm unable to start
X. (More on that later in a separate thread)

But a little peek with eix -Ic |grep x11-drivers  I still see a hefty
mess of them:

  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev (2.0.7@11/13/08): Generic Linux input driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard (1.3.1@07/12/08): Keyboard input driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse (1.3.0@06/29/08): X.Org driver for mouse input devices
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-apm (1.2.0@06/29/08): Alliance ProMotion video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-ark (0.7.0@07/12/08): X.Org driver for ark cards
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-chips (1.2.0@07/12/08): Chips and Technologies video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-cirrus (1.2.1@07/12/08): Cirrus Logic video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-dummy (0.3.0@07/12/08): X.Org driver for dummy cards
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev (0.4.0@07/12/08): video driver for framebuffer device
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-glint (1.2.1@07/12/08): GLINT/Permedia video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-i740 (1.2.0@07/12/08): Intel i740 video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-mach64 (6.8.0@07/12/08): ATI Mach64 video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga (1.4.9@07/12/08): Matrox video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-neomagic (1.2.1@07/12/08): Neomagic video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv (2.1.12@11/13/08): Nvidia video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-rendition (4.2.0@07/12/08): Rendition video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-s3 (0.6.0@07/12/08): X.Org driver for s3 cards
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-s3virge (1.10.1@07/12/08): S3 ViRGE video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-savage (2.2.1@07/12/08): S3 Savage video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion (1.6.0@07/12/08): Silicon Motion video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tdfx (1.4.0@06/29/08): 3Dfx video driver
  [U] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tga (1.1.0@06/29/08 -> (~)1.2.0): X.Org driver for tga cards
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-trident (1.3.0@07/12/08): Trident video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tseng (1.2.0@07/12/08): Tseng Labs video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-v4l (0.2.0@07/12/08): video4linux driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa (2.0.0@07/12/08): Generic VESA video driver
  [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-voodoo (1.2.0@07/12/08): Voodoo video driver

Whats all that for?

Checking dependancies on a few I see:

dep -l x11-drivers/xf86-video-voodoo:
   ! x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9

on all I checked.

What can this mean?






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