OK Thanks, i'll try to apply the patch because if I emerge ati-drivers,
gentuxp4 log # emerge -pv ati-drivers
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild UD] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r3 [6.8.0-r4] -3dfx -3dnow -cjk -debug -dlloader -doc +ipv6 +mmx +nls +pam -sdk +sse -static 52,057 kB [ebuild N ] media-video/ati-drivers-3.14.6 4,124 kB
Xorg is running 6.8.0-r4 and I want to use that version. How can I make to install ONLY ati-drivers? I tryed to mask the package and nothing.
No, it wouldn't work, because ati-drivers versions 3.14.6 and below do not work with X.org above version 6.7.0-r3, so those versions of the drivers demand that you downgrade if you want to use them.
The new version of the ati-drivers (8.8.25) does work with X.org 6.8 and above (with some caveats), but you must have them masked, as they are still ~86 and ~amd64.
If you would like to try them, add
media-video/ati-drivers ~your_arch
to /etc/portage/package.keywords (create this file if it does not exist).
HTH, Holly
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