From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hlhng-0004aU-Pa for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 08:45:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l498hlvI032033; Wed, 9 May 2007 08:43:47 GMT Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l498dVdU027387 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 08:39:32 GMT Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so33907ana for ; Wed, 09 May 2007 01:39:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Y2PEhH8eLVimjK1TrIW4u9PsMSD9JigFm+2PTTBYYJ7zAkGJ7KpV/w/QtYgo6Jb9Th40jybh8kc6dRg1yEhu4wRDF2Bwd7CqlAY/V2hXUl9Ve9B5v3oWljCnIC+OHkpvvQ3QIr+VbvpVHoTt/Dn4PdXA9ulNtsSG13n3RTUeIE0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=omYu68gtlroYTcUcP2eACANYFfPGAaVfpb70AZ7l1/dcg0wASqq/WnXoPiGL5zbZXdrVAdc9SesnUxqDXJWNHh8nTuGvur9q0EnvpEzLbFs8ooYNCvVthz0u926WxiQHndIhUu5m+AxYjVB9MFveekfAVaaC9ZgwJU4DIuk/+mA= Received: by 10.100.124.5 with SMTP id w5mr215370anc.1178699970482; Wed, 09 May 2007 01:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.47.10 with HTTP; Wed, 9 May 2007 01:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:39:30 +0100 From: "Stuart Howard" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Archives-Salt: f65e5040-4fa8-47a5-b8d8-07a82b59dcff X-Archives-Hash: 6ec5e46db6ce9017c8dd6b07668461cc All versions of the ATI driver are blocking xorg-server 1.3 at the moment so you are not going to get around that one easily. If you look at the --tree to find out what package is asking for the upgrade of xorg-server and then mask that? this may help. On 08/05/07, James wrote: > Stuart Howard gmail.com> writes: > > > > This link to the forum though I realise it is nvidia based it may give > > some further information the posts refer to a bug which further refers > > to another bug which is the ATI issue but the general point is there. > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-556528-highlight-nvidia+block.html > > > Hello Stuart, > > Interesting reading. Here's what I currently used on my system: > > x11-base/xorg-server Installed versions: 1.1.1-r1 > > x11-drivers/ati-drivers Installed versions: 8.35.5 > > > This all works with my ATI 1900XT card (glx gears runs > on a full 22 inch widescreen (1680 x 1050) at 1800 FPS. > The little default 2x2 runs glxgears at 11,000 FPS. > > > This might explain why every permutaion of ati-drivers > and xorg-server that I entered into /etc/portage/package.mask > does not neutralize the request to upgrade xorg-server to 1.3.0.0 > > ## I tried every permutation possible here, nothings masks > ##the upgrade request so I can continue with routine upgrades > <=x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r1 > >=x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5 > > > blocks B x11-drivers/ati-drivers ( > is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0) > > I did not glean from the discussion how to neutralize the erroneous > upgrade request so I can perform the other upgrades. Any ideas on that? > > > > James > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, those who don't" --Unknown -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list