Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:25:45 -0500, Jason Weisberger wrote: Those drivers work fine with a few minor changes. http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_XOrg_7.1_With_Older_NVidia_Drivers How does turning off acceleration equate with working fine? -- Neil Bothwick When you finally buy enough memory, you will not have enough disk space. -- Murphy's Computer Laws n°3 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:08:55PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote: On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 10:32:59AM -0700, Penguin Lover Richard Fish squawked: FYI, I'm using nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 with xorg 7.0, and they work fine. Thanks, and good to hear. I've been waiting for some souls braver than I to upgrade first before making the jump myself. Same results with my system, after emerging x11 I had to re-emerge nvidia-glx and it's all fine. Well, the back/forward buttons on my logitech mx700 don't work, but that's a relatively minor thing. My desktop looks exactly the same as it did before :) -- Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://arcterex.net Backups are for people who don't pray. -- big Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
Well, the back/forward buttons on my logitech mx700 don't work, but that's a relatively minor thing. Those mouse buttons will work fine with a little configuration: http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Advanced_Mouse-- Jason Weisberger[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:08:57 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: Related to this, are we all still waiting on newer nvidia drivers for the Xorg 7.1 upgrades? I recall that was a problem and reading that the two are not compatible yet... It seems like this won't be fixed before the 9xxx drivers are released, apparently in autumn (I really hope Nvidia are in the northern hemisphere :) -- Neil Bothwick Committee (noun): A group of people spending hours taking minutes signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
Those drivers work fine with a few minor changes.http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_XOrg_7.1_With_Older_NVidia_Drivers On 7/1/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:08:57 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: Related to this, are we all still waiting on newer nvidia drivers for the Xorg 7.1 upgrades? I recall that was a problem and reading that the two are not compatible yet...It seems like this won't be fixed before the 9xxx drivers are released,apparently in autumn (I really hope Nvidia are in the northernhemisphere :)--Neil Bothwick Committee (noun): A group of people spending hours taking minutes-- Jason Weisberger[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
On Friday 30 June 2006 13:39, Dave Jones wrote: The stable branch xorg-x11 seems to have been upgraded to version xorg-x11-7.0-r1. Just follow [1]. However, emerge -puDNv world shows the new x11-xorg blocked by xorg-x11-6.9. I don't understand this, as I have xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 installed. Read more carefully. It's blocked by '=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9'. Note the less than sign. OK, the new meta-package may be very nice, but I really don't want to compile all the drivers for devices I don't have on my system. At the moment I use the proprietary nvidia drivers; are these supported under xorg-x11-7.0? Then set VIDEO_CARDS=nvidia in /etc/make.conf. It's all covered in [1]. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml -- Bo Andresen pgpC5egoLpAoO.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Am Freitag, 30. Juni 2006 13:39 schrieb ext Dave Jones: The stable branch xorg-x11 seems to have been upgraded to version xorg-x11-7.0-r1. However, emerge -puDNv world shows the new x11-xorg blocked by xorg-x11-6.9. I don't understand this, as I have xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 installed. One is the old, big package, the other is for the meta packages. You can only have one. OK, the new meta-package may be very nice, but I really don't want to compile all the drivers for devices I don't have on my system. You don't need to. Put variables INPUT_DEVICES and VIDEO_CARDS into /etc/make.conf. At the moment I use the proprietary nvidia drivers; are these supported under xorg-x11-7.0? Don't know, would guess yes. Any ideas about the v6.9 blocker / tips / pointers? emerge -C xorg-x11; emerge xorg-x11 (or -puDNv world). Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net pgpDeN4pLpNeB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote on 30/06/06 13:55: The stable branch xorg-x11 seems to have been upgraded to version xorg-x11-7.0-r1. Just follow [1]. However, emerge -puDNv world shows the new x11-xorg blocked by xorg-x11-6.9. I don't understand this, as I have xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 installed. Read more carefully. It's blocked by '=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9'. Note the less than sign. Oops, my mistake. OK, the new meta-package may be very nice, but I really don't want to compile all the drivers for devices I don't have on my system. At the moment I use the proprietary nvidia drivers; are these supported under xorg-x11-7.0? Then set VIDEO_CARDS=nvidia in /etc/make.conf. It's all covered in [1]. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml Bo, Dirk, thanks for the information. I'll get to work on this (major) update. I'll add the nv driver to VIDEO_CARDS as well to have a fall back in case the binary nvidia drivers won't work with the new x11. Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
On 6/30/06, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bo, Dirk, thanks for the information. I'll get to work on this (major) update. I'll add the nv driver to VIDEO_CARDS as well to have a fall back in case the binary nvidia drivers won't work with the new x11. FYI, I'm using nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 with xorg 7.0, and they work fine. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 10:32:59AM -0700, Penguin Lover Richard Fish squawked: FYI, I'm using nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 with xorg 7.0, and they work fine. Thanks, and good to hear. I've been waiting for some souls braver than I to upgrade first before making the jump myself. W -- I live in my own little world. It's okay -- they know me here. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 21 days, 13 min -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
Related to this, are we all still waiting on newer nvidia drivers for the Xorg 7.1 upgrades? I recall that was a problem and reading that the two are not compatible yet... DÆVID -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Fish Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 10:33 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade On 6/30/06, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bo, Dirk, thanks for the information. I'll get to work on this (major) update. I'll add the nv driver to VIDEO_CARDS as well to have a fall back in case the binary nvidia drivers won't work with the new x11. FYI, I'm using nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 with xorg 7.0, and they work fine. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
Anyone know what's going on with portage?I thought I would be careful and not jump the gun on upgradingalas stable has always been good to me, I see a confimration that nvidia is good to go in 7.0.I bite the bullet and unmerge xorg then do the whole update world dance and viola... Emerging (1 of 112) x11-libs/libX11-1.0.1-r1 to / checking ebuild checksums!!! Digest verification failed:!!! /usr/portage/x11-libs/libX11/libX11-1.0.3.ebuild!!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 995!!! Expected: 1001In the gentoo forums some were reporting this problem went away. WTF?I must have wobbly windows. :POn 6/30/06, Daevid Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Related to this, are we all still waiting on newer nvidia drivers for theXorg 7.1 upgrades? I recall that was a problem and reading that the two arenot compatible yet...DÆVID -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Richard Fish Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 10:33 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade On 6/30/06, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bo, Dirk, thanks for the information. I'll get to work on this (major) update.I'll add the nv driver to VIDEO_CARDS as well to have a fall back in case the binary nvidia drivers won't work with the new x11. FYI, I'm using nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 with xorg 7.0, and they work fine. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list-- Thomas G. Willis
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 upgrade
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:27:31 -0400 Thomas G. Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Emerging (1 of 112) x11-libs/libX11-1.0.1-r1 to / checking ebuild checksums !!! Digest verification failed: !!! /usr/portage/x11-libs/libX11/libX11-1.0.3.ebuild !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 995 !!! Expected: 1001 In the gentoo forums some were reporting this problem went away. WTF? It probably has been fixed already. Just do an `emerge --sync` and try again. If you are still having problems, then take a look at this bug report http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138645 and watch it for any changes. -Thomas pgpBWBLJKQqib.pgp Description: PGP signature
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I've been syncing for 3 hours. guess I'll wait until next month.thanks for the bug ref. I added my bit to it.On 6/30/06, Thomas Cort [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:27:31 -0400 Thomas G. Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Emerging (1 of 112) x11-libs/libX11-1.0.1-r1 to / checking ebuild checksums !!! Digest verification failed: !!! /usr/portage/x11-libs/libX11/libX11-1.0.3.ebuild !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 995 !!! Expected: 1001 In the gentoo forums some were reporting this problem went away. WTF? It probably has been fixed already. Just do an `emerge --sync` and tryagain. If you are still having problems, then take a look at this bugreport http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138645 and watch it forany changes.-Thomas-- Thomas G. Willis
