Xorg-server blocking nvidia-glx

rojanu · Guru Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 361 Location: London

when I have tried to update the world I faced

skunk · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject:

afaik, nvidia drivers are still not compatible with xorg 7.1 which xorg-server-1.1.0 is part of
if you want xorg 7.1 you should uninstall the nvidia driver and use the nv open source driver

rojanu · Guru Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 361 Location: London

Thank you that was it, I think I have been searching with wrong terms, What is the difference between using nv and nvidia. also I should mantion I am no gamer so I am do not heavy graphics.
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skunk · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

nvidia has hw accelerated 3d support but is propietary while nv has not 3d and is open source...
if you don't need 3d nv will work fine

Matteo Azzali · Retired Dev Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 1133

Care that not only games use 3d, also blender , opengl screensavers, wings3D , K3D , etc.etc.
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Roguelazer · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject:

Not to mention that 2D is also much faster with binary drivers, and don't even think about using XCOMPOSITE or XGL on the open-source driver...
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agent_jdh · Veteran Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Posts: 1783 Location: Scotland

This is a bit strange - even though I've uninstalled nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel, removed nvidia from my USE flags, and changed VIDEO_CARDS to nv instead of nvidia in make.conf, an emerge -upDv world is still showing the xorg-server blocker and says it wants to reinstall the nvidia kernel and glx ebuilds. What gives with this?

EDIT - DOH, just worked it out, xorg-server-1.1.0 was emerge'd before I changed my VIDEO_CARDS variable. Hopefully a re-emerge of that will solve the problem.

EDIT #2 - nvidia-settings needed to be unmerged to prevent emerge wanting to re-install the nvidia binary drivers.
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ash · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 27

punkmikey · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Sheffield, UK

I had the same problem this morning. I just went back to xorg 7.0 and added xorg 7.1 to package.mask for now.

Aparently nvidia will support xorg 7.1 in the 9xxx series drivers.
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ApeFan · n00b Joined: 19 Oct 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Germany

In case anyone's interested, the current NVidia drivers DO in fact somewhat work with X.Org 7.1 (even GL), but font rendering is b0rked.

bushwakko · Guru Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 495

I had to mask all this stuff, it took me a while, so I'll just paste it here, if someone might need it too:

>=x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-spaceorb-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-summa-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-elo2300-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-elographics-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-jamstudio-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-palmax-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-dynapro-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-ur98-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-1.1.2-r1
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-citron-2.2.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-hyperpen-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-aiptek-1.0.1
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-calcomp-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-void-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-digitaledge-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-microtouch-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-dmc-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-fpit-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-penmount-1.2.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-penmount-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-mutouch-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-tek4957-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-acecad-1.1.0
>=x11-drivers/xf86-input-magellan-1.1.0
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MatzeOne · Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks bushwakko. I'll use it for my package.mask.
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crotty · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 70

hey,
can you guys drop a little knowledge on me, and let me know how to fully move back to xorg 7.0 ? I'm kinda stuck in the middle of the upgrade (a kde emerge failed), and now it won't get started again because nvidia-glx is blocking.
i put the stuff from bushwakko in my /etc/portage/package.mask file, but it's still not gonna fly...

thanks very much in advance

mrpete · Apprentice Joined: 01 Sep 2003 Posts: 184

Do an emerge -C nvidia-glx and then you should be ok. So long as you have got

Maedhros · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

Please follow up to xorg-server-1.0.99.x ABI breaks nvidia/ati binary drivers.

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