Usually these emerge blockages disappear after a few days, but this one has been hanging around for a while. Apparently my google-fu is pretty bad on this subject because I can't find anything useful.
Here are snippets from the most recent sync and -p update: [nomerge ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tga-1.2.0 [ebuild UD] x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2 [1.5.2] [blocks B ] <x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 ("<x11-base/xorg-server-1.5" is blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. ('installed', '/', 'x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6', 'nomerge') pulled in by >=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.3 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2', 'nomerge') >=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.3 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4', 'nomerge') ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2', 'merge') pulled in by >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.0.90 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8', 'nomerge') >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/xf86-video-trident-1.3.1', 'nomerge') >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/', 'x11-drivers/xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0', 'nomerge') (and 63 more) I suppose the first mystery is why it wants to downgrade xorg-server. I do have an overflowing world file from my not understanding that portage is not smart enough to figure things out better, but I have been cleaning it up, and removing every single "x11-driver" entry doesn't change it from wanting to downgrade. The second mystery is why libpciaccess is involved in this. Is this because xorg-server-1.4 can't tolerate a recent libpicaccess and needs to downgrade? The message doesn't say that. Is there a reasonable way to resolve this? X works fine for me as is with 1.5.2, so I am not in a hurry to downgrade. But it is annoying seeing this blockage week after week. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / fe...@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o