On Monday 31 January 2005 03:52 am, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:26:36 -0500, Ed Jabbour wrote: > > cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf xorg.conf.orig <---- just in case etc-update > > whacks it > > etc-update won't whack it. You may when running etc-update but the program > itself never does harm.
Yes, I know. However, the two xorgs seem to have different file paths for RGB, so etc-update must be run. I think that's the case, anyway. At any rate, backups never hurt. > > emerge -vp =x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r3 <--- always pretend 1st! > > Use -a instead of -p. It saves running the command twice. -a is --ask, > like -p but you then press y or n to emerge or not. > > > Then, the real emerge will merge -r3 and unmerge -r4. Lastly, you may > > wish to mask -r4 or your next "emerge world" will bring it back. But, > > then, that's why I never give that command indiscriminately. Of > > course, if you do mask it, I don't know if you'll ever learn there's a > > new one!! > > You will if you only mask the specific version > > echo "=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4" >>/etc/portage/package.mask That I didn't know. Thanks. Regarding the OP's original problem with NVidia drivers -- it should perhaps be mentioned that if for whatever reason the "nvidia" driver in xorg.conf doesn't work, one could always change that to xorg's "nv" driver, and X should fire up. Just thought that needed mentioning. -- -- [email protected] mailing list
