Yes, to stop it, put >=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0 in /etc/portage/package.mask until such time as the conflict between the ati-drivers and X.org 6.8 is resolved (supposed to be in the next release, expected within days).I mentioned elsewhere that emerge -aDvu world emerged xorg 6.8 and promptly downgraded to 6.7. Someone opined that it was because I have ATI Rage XL video and something about ati-drivers.
I have not done an emerge sync since then, and on a whim I just did another emerge -aDvu world and it offered to install 6.8 again. Am I going to go through this sort of oscillation forever? Is there something I can do to stop it?
++ kevin
The issue is that the ATI binary drivers do not work with X.org 6.8, so if you install them, X.org will downgrade to a version that does work with them. However, the X.org ebuild does not check as to whether you have ati-drivers installed, so it will upgrade on the next sync, unless you mask the upgrade. In other words, ati-drivers blocks X.org 6.8, but X.org 6.8 is not blocked by the pre-existence of ati-drivers on the system (though if you had to reinstall ati-drivers, xorg would downgrade again).
Anyway, the easiest thing to do is just mask the upper versions of X.org yourself if you want to keep the ati-driver package.
Holly
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