Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers

2007-05-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 17:27 +, James wrote:
> Stuart Howard  gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> Ok,

I just compiled xorg-server like this:

conf_opts="--with-release-major=7 --with-release-minor=2" emerge
xorg-server

and I use x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.36.5 from my overlay.

works fine.

see http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-554798.html

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers

2007-05-09 Thread Stuart Howard

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers

2007-05-07 Thread Stuart Howard

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

On 07/05/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Remy Blank  pobox.com> writes:


> Stay away from xorg-server-1.3 and kernel-2.6.20 or later until ATI
> releases new versions that work with them.


This is what I was looking for. I do not stay on top of these issues,
and the system is working reasonable well right now. I just
cannot get the logitech joystick (game controller) to work with
this rig. It works on 4 other intel/ati systems, or athlon/nividia
based systems but those all use the radeon drivers or nvidia drivers.


Thanks for bringing me up to speed on these issues!



James






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