[gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Helmut Jarausch]

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.

-- 
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

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.

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Helmut Jarausch]

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

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> 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.

all over /usr/lib ;)

easiest way to fix it, would be running 'symlinks'

eix symlinks
[I] app-misc/symlinks
     Available versions:  1.2-r2 {static}
     Installed versions:  1.2-r2(18:07:20 20.06.2008)(-static)
     Homepage:            http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/utils/file/
     Description:         Symlinks scans for and fixes broken or messy 
symlinks

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Sebastian Günther]

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* Helmut Jarausch (jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de) [21.02.09 10:55]:
> 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.
> 

Try:
eselect opengl set xorg-x11

HTH
Sebastian

-- 
 " Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. "      Karl Marx

 SEB@STI@N GÜNTHER         mailto:samson@guenther-roetgen.de

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Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Pupino]

2009/2/21 Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>:
> 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.
>
> --
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> RWTH - Aachen University
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany
>
>

Hi,
have you also checked /etc/make.conf to ensure that there's not a line like this
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
in it's options?

HTH
Davide

[gentoo-user] Re: opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[James]

Pupino <pupinux <at> gmail.com> writes:


> have you also checked /etc/make.conf to ensure that there's 
not a line like this
> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
> in it's options?

Also check in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and remove all references to nvidia.



hth, 
James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

[Roy Wright]

James wrote:
> Pupino <pupinux <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
>> have you also checked /etc/make.conf to ensure that there's 
> not a line like this
>> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
>> in it's options?
> 
> Also check in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and remove all references to nvidia.
> 

Also check it's not in your module-rebuild list.