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

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> It tries to load "ati" on its own when I run "startx" with no
> xorg.conf.  Not my idea.

"ati" is a wrapper which tries to detect which driver to load.


> I'm not aware of having done anything to specify "ati", so I don't
> know how to stop it. My focus on ati-drivers came from the fact that
> portage really wants to compile it.

Only if you have "fglrx" in VIDEO_CARDS (in make.conf).


> BTW: video is an integrated ATI Rage XL on the motherboard, so it's a tad old.
> When I run aticonfig --initial, it says
>      aticonfig: No supported adapters detected
> 
> So I tried putting the driver in xorg.conf, and using a modified
> version of what worked with the old server, arrived at
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "ati-internal"
>     Driver      "fglrx"
> EndSection
> 
> RESULTS: fglrx loads, but does not see the adapter.

fglrx is for Radeon and FireGL cards, not Rage. 
x11-drivers/xf86-video-r128 should be for your board.  Try to modify 
your VIDEO_CARDS like this:

   VIDEO_CARDS="r128 fbdev vesa vmware"

and then emerge -auDN world.  Since you don't need ati-drivers, unmerge it.

For the undefined symbols, feel free to open a new thread.