From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Laolq-0006md-PH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:07:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0359E01F9; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:07:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.7.73]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F88E01F9 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:07:41 +0000 (UTC) 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 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: INLINE Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Received: from ironport-out-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.5.40]) by mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008)) with ESMTP id <0KFE008OZUSTKN50@mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:07:41 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,245,1233529200"; d="scan'208";a="2408780" Received: from relay-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (HELO relay.rwth-aachen.de) ([134.130.7.75]) by ironport-in-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de with ESMTP; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:07:40 +0100 Received: from numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (numa-i.igpm.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.161.252]) by relay.rwth-aachen.de (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/1) with ESMTP id n1LA7eCl017561 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:07:40 +0100 (CET) Received: by numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Postfix, from userid 230) id 1B281106A3E; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:07:41 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:07:41 +0100 (CET) From: Helmut Jarausch Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-reply-to: <200902211058.41399.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Message-id: References: <200902211058.41399.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2c4f1f3d-2f9b-42a2-a289-4c4bb2bcbcde X-Archives-Hash: 9eb43ae7a98a00ed574358a59932ca04 On 21 Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver >> to a machine with onboard radeonhd device. >> >> Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl >> it always tries to find Nvidia's opengl. >> >> Of course, I have unmerged the nvidia driver. >> >> How can I get rid of the Nvidia heritage? >> >> Many thanks for a hint, >> Helmut. > > you probably have some dangling symlinks left. That happens when you unmerge > first, eselect later. eselect can not deal with dangling symlinks - it fails > silently. So, check for broken symlinks, remove them, then run eselect again. > Thanks, can you please tell me where to search for these dangling symlinks? Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany