Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
On 14 Oct, Denis wrote: . proprietary software I am currently running. I would much rather upgrade Mathematica, but that is not an option for me at this time. Thankfully, I was able to remove X and reinstall it based on the previous versions of the libraries I don't yet know whether this resolved my Mathematica issue - I will test tomorrow. But I will investigate the install script for Mathematica and see what it does. Ask the vendor of Mathematica for support. If they're not willing/able to help you, consider switching to Maple. It runs just fine on a bleeding edge Gentoo system. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
I cleared everything X related from my box, and it is still alive and well :-) Now, as I was explaining in my previous thread, I would like to re-install X and all related apps, but forcing the older libxcb version. After I upgraded to libxcb 1.4 a few days ago, my X was unstable and kept crashing while scrolling in Mathematica, so I wanted to clear everything X out, start from scratch, and revert to my original X configuration. Here is the new problem. In my package.mask, I specify: =x11-libs/libxcb-1.4 =x11-base/xorg-server-1.6 =x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4 My USE is now: alsa ao bash-completion bzip2 cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr cpudetection ieee1394 lame ldap libwww mad mmx mmxext mp3 openal oss ppds rtc smp spell sse sse2 tta usb wavpack winbind xml -dri -isdnlog -pppd So, I put in the X USE flag and attempt emerge -NDavu xorg-x11 and get !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy =x11-libs/libxcb-1.2 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - x11-libs/libxcb-1.4-r1 (masked by: package.mask) (dependency required by x11-libs/libX11-1.2.2 [ebuild]) (dependency required by x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5 [ebuild]) (dependency required by x11-libs/libXv-1.0.4 [ebuild]) (dependency required by x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2 [ebuild]) (dependency required by xorg-x11 [argument]) What gives? Am I doing something stupid (well, aside from trying to downgrade...), or is there a way for me to fix this by some keywording trickery or something to that effect? Help, please :-)
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
Sorry, I don't tinker around with gentoo much, mostly just user :-) I got around this block so far: also masked =x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5, =x11-libs/libX11-1.2, in addition to libxcb 1.4. Reading ebuilds really helps! ha.
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
I got around this block so far: also masked =x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5, =x11-libs/libX11-1.2, in addition to libxcb 1.4. Now I run into a bit of a problem: libX11-1.1.5 fails when compiled :-( I attached a build.log for this package... Can anyone tell me if this is fixable? Maybe some other package needs to be downgraded? The only reason why I am using 1.1.5 version is because libX11-1.2.* requires libxcb-1.2 and greater and I only have 1.1.90 as the highest before 1.4 (can I tweak the ebuild for libX11-1.2 and put xcb 1.1.90 instead of 1.2 limitation?)... I would try libX11-1.1.4, but xorg-server-1.5.3 requires 1.1.5 and above... maybe I could tweak this ebuild to accept 1.1.4 and see if that compiles? Any constructive thoughts appreciated! :-)
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:36:18 -0400 Denis denis@gmail.com wrote: Of course, I forget to attach the file to embarrass myself to the end... Great. :-P Oh, it's not over yet! Here it is! make[1]: *** [ks_tables.h] Error 136 Any constructive thoughts appreciated! :-) Heh. Let me google that *exact error string* for you, by way of illustration... OK, so someone using Gentoo sez: Ultimately, you need to check the version of xproto that you have installed. By masking 7.0.15 and re-emerging 7.0.14, I was able to resume the emerge without any remaining libX11 errors. From: http://blog.olebox.com/tag/linux/ Cheers (and good luck), -- Michael Higgins
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
=== On Tue, 10/13, Denis wrote: === Any constructive thoughts appreciated! :-) === It sounds to me like you are worming your way into a deeper hole. Just FYI, I went through the libxcb upgrade procedure, am running the libxcb 1.4 and latest X server, etc. and everything is working just fine. On three different machines. The close-source binaries like Mathematica are usually the problem. They almost always lag behind the current open-source offering and only support older, stable versions of libraries. So if you really want to run that I would recommend that you stick with stable arch and re-compile and/or re-install your base system. You have /home on a separate partition, right? Another possibility is that these packages usually ship with a set of libraries that the pre-load using a launcher shell script. Does it install any copies of system libraries? An alternative, albeit a heavyweight one, is to look at Mathematica's supported OS/distro list and run a virtual machine with one of those in it. You can use gentoo as your host OS. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz ===
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
Michael Higgins li...@evolone.org wrote: Heh. Let me google that *exact error string* for you, by way of illustration... Thanks, Michael - I generally turn to google first. It's been a tough day, and I appreciate you pointing this out to me. I ran into another snag, this time with x11-libs/libXext-1.0.4 - it would not compile with x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.5. But downgrading to x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.4 fixed that! When I saw that one fail, I thought to myself this is gonna be a long night... ha. But happily, everything compiled in the end, and xorg-x11 is now installed. I will see the state of things tomorrow when I get into the office. Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote: The close-source binaries like Mathematica are usually the problem. They almost always lag behind the current open-source offering and only support older, stable versions of libraries. So if you really want to run that I would recommend that you stick with stable arch and re-compile and/or re-install your base system. You have /home on a separate partition, right? Keith - thanks for the thoughts. As I reiterated before, I am not arguing that Mathematica isn't the source of the problem. Other than Mathematica crashing X, I had no other problems with X since the upgrade to libxcb-1.4 and xorg-server-1.6. So my action to downgrade and revert to the previous configuration shouldn't be taken to mean that the upgrade was crappy - it just doesn't seem to agree with the proprietary software I am currently running. I would much rather upgrade Mathematica, but that is not an option for me at this time. Thankfully, I was able to remove X and reinstall it based on the previous versions of the libraries I don't yet know whether this resolved my Mathematica issue - I will test tomorrow. But I will investigate the install script for Mathematica and see what it does. Denis
