[email protected] wrote: > The box that I'm upgrading is giving me: > > [blocks B ] <x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12 > ("<x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.12" is blocking > x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.18-r1) > > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been > pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > > x11-base/xorg-server:0 > > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for > merge) pulled in by > >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.18[udev] required by > >(x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild > >scheduled for merge) > ^^ > ^^^^ > > > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.17.4:0/1.17.4::gentoo, installed) pulled in > by <x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.0[glamor(-)?] required by > (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11:0/0::gentoo, installed) > ^ ^^^^^^ x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.17.4= required > by (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11:0/0::gentoo, installed) > > Normally I would just unmerge and emerge a new one: > > emerge -C x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau (1.0.11) > and > emerge -uq x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau (1.0.12) > > But this is a video driver my box is using, and I'm logged into it > directly so if I unmerge the drive in use the xorg-server will crash > and I I'll be in a login prompt, isn't it? > > Is it better to do this upgrade over "ssh" from another box?
You could also use a text console on the local machine. -- Regards wabe
