Modular X server bugs, annoyances and solutions (Part 2)

[mutlu_inek]

I am running the new xorg now with KDE. Works great so far. However, I tried to clean things up a little recently, and when I did a pretend depclean, it appeared that xorg-x11 was going to be removed. I don't want this. Not sure what I have set, installed, or uninstalled for that to happen. I'd like to remove unneeded drivers since I finally got around to setting my video card and input devices in /etc/make.conf. Any ideas?

As far as I know --depclean is broken (at least regarding modular X) and noone seems to know of a way around this. You might want to write your own script or redirect --depclean's output to a file and copy&paste -C the things you don't want.

[LynxofCP]

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[ebuild  N    ]   virtual/xft-6.8  0 kB 
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That's your problem right there Zeek.

I had the same problem a moment ago, turns out that wherever we got our list of packages to add to packages.keywords, they missed out virtual/xft from the list.

Just add "virtual/xft" to your package.keywords and it should stop trying to pull in any 6.x versions.

[Jimmy Jazz]

Hi all,
i'me emerging modular xorg 7 following the gentoo guide, but i've this error emerging xf86-input-moune-1.0.4:

You are using the xorg-server-1.0.99 from xorg-7.1rc1, that is binary INcompatible with drivers for 7.0.

I think the guide (which was written when xorg-7.0 was ~M) is outdated, because now xorg-7.0 is ~arch, and 7.1rc1 is hardmasked, so have a look at /etc/portage/package.[keyword,unmask]. I've removed (actually commented out) all references to xorg packages in package.unmask, and was able to compile xorg 7.0 successfully.
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My problem is that DIRECT RENDERING is not working (glxinfo -> direct rendering: No).
It worked well with 6.9 and previous compilation of xorg-7.0 (I've recompiled xorg-7.0 to add virtuals/xorg-7.0).

The strage thing is that in Xorg.0.log it says:

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(II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled

The modules for AGP are loaded , and in Xorg.0.log there are no errors.
Any ideas?

Hello,

one of your libGL.la library file has certainly a size of zero. Use locate to find which one is bad.

You can replace it with the same file provided with mesa (/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.la) and modify the last line to point to ati's or nvidia's libGL.so file.

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libdir=/usr/lib/opengl/ati/lib

Jj

[fc01]

Hello,

one of your libGL.la library file has certainly a size of zero. Use locate to find which one is bad.

You can replace it with the same file provided with mesa (/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.la) and modify the last line to point to ati's or nvidia's libGL.so file.

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libdir=/usr/lib/opengl/ati/lib

Jj

This also helped me to get kdebase 3.5.2 to compile - it failed on the first try because it didn't like the 0 byte libGL.la, but thanks to your instructions, I was able to fix that. Does anyone know what causes these 0 byte libGL.la files?

[Jimmy Jazz]

This also helped me to get kdebase 3.5.2 to compile - it failed on the first try because it didn't like the 0 byte libGL.la, but thanks to your instructions, I was able to fix that. Does anyone know what causes these 0 byte libGL.la files?

Sure, the ebuild file needs some improvements. The script doesn't handle as well as it should do with multilib amd64 flag.

Perhaps, you should try this (sorry i made the code on the fly and certainly contains some bugs):

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src_install-libs() {

    [..]

    # same as the xorg implementation
    dosym ../${X11_IMPLEM}/extensions ${ATI_ROOT}/extensions
    #Workaround
    if use opengl ; then
        if has_multilib_profile && [ $(get_abi_LIBDIR x86) = "lib32" ] ; then
            libdir=/usr/lib32
            einfo "Add libGL.la in ${libdir}"
            sed -e "/libdir=/s/xorg-x11/ati/" ${libdir}/opengl/${X11_IMPLEM}/lib/libGL.la \
                > $D/${libdir}/ati/${X11_IMPLEM}/lib/libGL.la
        fi

        libdir=/usr/lib
        einfo "Add libGL.la in ${libdir}"
        sed -e "/libdir=/s/xorg-x11/ati/" ${libdir}/opengl/${X11_IMPLEM}/lib/libGL.la \
                > $D/${libdir}/ati/${X11_IMPLEM}/lib/libGL.la
        dosym ../${X11_IMPLEM}/include ${ATI_ROOT}/include
    fi
    dosym ../${X11_IMPLEM}/include ${ATI_ROOT}/include

   [..]

That piece of "dirty" code is patent free so you are welcome to improve it at your convenience

Jj

[GreenZuljin]

Hi.

I dunno if this is stupid or not.. .. but I cant find my xorg.conf file it's not in /etc/X11/

where the hell is it?

pls help as soon as possible

Best Regards,
Zuljin

[Jimmy Jazz]

Hi.

I dunno if this is stupid or not.. .. but I cant find my xorg.conf file it's not in /etc/X11/

where the hell is it?

pls help as soon as possible

Best Regards,
Zuljin

Hello,

use equery (gentoolkit)

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equery f xorg-x11

will give you the files contained in xorg-x11 package.


Otherwise you can also generate a new xorg.conf file with xorgconfig

Jj

[GreenZuljin]

yep. the xorgconfig works.
Thanks!

[Sade]

has anybody seen these types of errors while rebuilding parts of the modular xorg:

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Requested 'xorg-server >= 1.0.99.901' but version of xorg-server is 1.0.99.2

i got this error on several different builds (from the x11-drivers section) in an emerge -e world. (skipped them atm)

[paul555]

Hi all i recently migrated to modular X and i have two major problems.First when i try to launch xdtv i get this error :

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Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-semicondensed--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*,  -*-bitstream vera sans-medium-r-normal--39-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,            -*-luxi sans-medium-r-normal--39-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,             -*-*-r-normal--39-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontSet
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Error: Aborting: no fontset found

Second the fonts in codeblocks in firefox in gentooforums now are small and ugly nomatter what font i select from firefox.Any ideas?

[fourteen20]

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[ebuild  N    ]   virtual/xft-6.8  0 kB 
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That's your problem right there Zeek.

I had the same problem a moment ago, turns out that wherever we got our list of packages to add to packages.keywords, they missed out virtual/xft from the list.

Just add "virtual/xft" to your package.keywords and it should stop trying to pull in any 6.x versions.

Thank god thought id just borked my system

[Xake]

has anybody seen these types of errors while rebuilding parts of the modular xorg:

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Requested 'xorg-server >= 1.0.99.901' but version of xorg-server is 1.0.99.2

My resolutions to your problem would be to open your /etc/portage/package.unmask in a editor and remove every line starting with 'x11-' becouse if you do not know why you get this error then you should only install the 7.0 (the modular currently in ~arch) and not the 7.1RC.

The error itself is becouse you are using a beta of xorg-server (which is removed from the portage tree in favor for the RC) and tries to install drivers made to work with the RC. All packages associated with the beta/RC is masked and should not be unmasked if you do not know what you are doing.

[vitamin]

I'm sorry for my stupid question but I'm a kind of new to Gentoo I'm running on unstable system (2006.0 with '~x86' set in /etc/make.conf) and I'd like to know if doing 'emerge xorg-x11' will install the latest modular X for me or it ain't that easy? Btw, currently I've got no X installed - it's pure and fresh console-based system

[Kragen]

as far as I can tell... yes (but I'm no expert either )

There is only one real way to find out - do an emerge -p xorg-x11 and see what it wants to install. If it installs the modular version then you will get a whole load of dependencies and the last one will say xorg-x11-7.something

[__g_blade]

ABI fglrx problem
i've seen other people (in/outside this thread) having same problems
module mismatch version doesn't match
downgrading makes the same plus kernel panic
error is on the bottom of the post
i have

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Conrad-LiveCD fonts # eix xorg-server
* x11-base/xorg-server
     Available versions:  1.0.2-r4 1.0.99.903
     Installed:           1.0.99.903
     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
     Description:         X.Org X servers


Found 1 matches
Conrad-LiveCD fonts # eix xorg-x11
* x11-base/xorg-x11
     Available versions:  6.8.2-r7 [M]6.9.0-r1 7.0-r1 7.1_rc2
     Installed:           7.1_rc2
     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org
     Description:         An X11 implementation maintained by the X.Org Foundation (meta package)


Found 1 matches
Conrad-LiveCD fonts # eix input-keyboard
* x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
     Available versions:  1.0.1.3 1.1.0
     Installed:           1.1.0
     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
     Description:         X.Org driver for keyboard input devices


Found 1 matches
Conrad-LiveCD fonts # eix input-mouse
* x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse
     Available versions:  1.0.4 1.1.0
     Installed:           1.1.0
     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
     Description:         X.Org driver for mouse input devices


Found 1 matches

and emerge info (livecd has 2.6.17-rc2, i have the newest no-source on /)

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Portage 2.1_rc1-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1-pre20060513, glibc-2.4.90.20060511-r0, 2.6.17-rc2 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-rc2 i686 AMD Sempron(tm) 2200+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre19
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.92
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.16
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -ftracer -fweb -frename-registers"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -ftracer -fweb -frename-registers -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common"
LINGUAS="en fr de es it tr"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X aim alsa apache2 apic apm arts avi berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts cli cmov crypt cups cx8 de dri eds emboss
encode esd foomaticdb fortran fpu fxsr gdbm gif glibc-omitfp gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imlib ipv6 irc isdnlog jabber javascript jpeg kde libg++ libwww lj mad mca mce mikmod mmx mmxext motif mp mp3 mpeg msn msr mtrr ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl pae pam pat pcre pdflib perl pge png pppd pse pse36 python qt quicktime readline reflection rss sdl sep session spell spl sse ssl syscall tcpd truetype truetype-fonts ts tsc type1-fonts udev up vme vorbis xml xmms xorg xv yahoo zlib elibc_glibc kernel_linux linguas_en linguas_fr linguas_de linguas_es linguas_it linguas_tr userland_GNU"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

startx output

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xauth:  creating new authority file //.serverauth.19202


This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation CVS repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/CvsPage for CVS access instructions.

X Window System Version 7.0.99.903 (7.1.0 RC 3)
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0.99.903
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.17-rc2 i686
Current Operating System: Linux Conrad-LiveCD 2.6.17-rc2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 19 14:00:05 Local time zone must be set-- i686
Build Date: 17 May 2006
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 18 10:31:03 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

what to do

[Serotonin0]

libXft , cairo etc depend on keysymdef.h think, what should be emerged?

checking keysymdef.h... configure: error: Cannot find keysymdef.h

!!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/libX11-1.0.1/work/libX11-1.0.1/config.log

!!! ERROR: x11-libs/libX11-1.0.1 failed.
Call stack:
ebuild.sh, line 1527: Called dyn_compile
ebuild.sh, line 931: Called src_compile
ebuild.sh, line 1240: Called x-modular_src_compile
x-modular.eclass, line 316: Called x-modular_src_configure
x-modular.eclass, line 303: Called econf '--prefix=/usr' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--enable-ipv6'
ebuild.sh, line 533: Called die

!!! econf failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.

server ~ # kuroo
kuroo: error while loading shared libraries: libXcursor.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[tbender]

EDIT: Problem solved, by remering mesa and its dependencies. Thank you.

Hi.

I want to try xorg-x11-7.0-r1.

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emerge -p xorg-x11

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] x11-apps/mesa-progs-6.4.2  
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-1.0.2.0  USE="-debug" 
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-v4l-0.0.1.5  USE="-debug" 
[ebuild  N    ] x11-libs/libXv-1.0.1  USE="-debug" 
[ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1  USE="-3dfx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -magictouch -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia v4l -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic -nsc -r128 -radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 

But it failed emerging mesa-progs:

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Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Emerging (1 of 5) x11-apps/mesa-progs-6.4.2 to /
>>> checking ebuild checksums ;-)
>>> checking auxfile checksums ;-)
>>> checking miscfile checksums ;-)
>>> checking MesaLib-6.4.2.tar.bz2 ;-)
>>> checking MesaDemos-6.4.2.tar.bz2 ;-)
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking MesaLib-6.4.2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/mesa-progs-6.4.2/work
>>> Unpacking MesaDemos-6.4.2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/mesa-progs-6.4.2/work
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/mesa-progs-6.4.2/work/Mesa-6.4.2 ...
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -I../../include -Wall -O3 -pipe -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer  -m32 -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPTHREADS -DUSE_EXTERNAL_DXTN_LIB=1 -DIN_DRI_DRIVER -DGLX_DIRECT_RENDERING -DHAVE_ALIAS -DUSE_X86_ASM -DUSE_MMX_ASM -DUSE_3DNOW_ASM -DUSE_SSE_ASM -std=c99 -ffast-math  glxinfo.c -L../../lib -lglut -lGLU -lGL -lm -o glxinfo
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lGLU
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [glxinfo] Error 1

!!! ERROR: x11-apps/mesa-progs-6.4.2 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1527:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 931:   Called src_compile
  mesa-progs-6.4.2.ebuild, line 68:   Called die

!!! glxinfo failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.

Does anyone have similar problems?
Thanks in advance,
Tobias

[Serotonin0]

Hi.

I want to try xorg-x11-7.0-r1.

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emerge -p xorg-x11

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] x11-apps/mesa-progs-6.4.2  
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-1.0.2.0  USE="-debug" 
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-v4l-0.0.1.5  USE="-debug" 
[ebuild  N    ] x11-libs/libXv-1.0.1  USE="-debug" 
[ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1  USE="-3dfx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -magictouch -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia v4l -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic -nsc -r128 -radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 

But it failed emerging mesa-progs:

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Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Emerging (1 of 5) x11-apps/mesa-progs-6.4.2 to /
>>> checking ebuild checksums ;-)
>>> checking auxfile checksums ;-)
>>> checking miscfile checksums ;-)
>>> checking MesaLib-6.4.2.tar.bz2 ;-)
>>> checking MesaDemos-6.4.2.tar.bz2 ;-)
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking MesaLib-6.4.2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/mesa-progs-6.4.2/work
>>> Unpacking MesaDemos-6.4.2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/mesa-progs-6.4.2/work
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/mesa-progs-6.4.2/work/Mesa-6.4.2 ...
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -I../../include -Wall -O3 -pipe -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer  -m32 -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPTHREADS -DUSE_EXTERNAL_DXTN_LIB=1 -DIN_DRI_DRIVER -DGLX_DIRECT_RENDERING -DHAVE_ALIAS -DUSE_X86_ASM -DUSE_MMX_ASM -DUSE_3DNOW_ASM -DUSE_SSE_ASM -std=c99 -ffast-math  glxinfo.c -L../../lib -lglut -lGLU -lGL -lm -o glxinfo
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lGLU
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [glxinfo] Error 1

!!! ERROR: x11-apps/mesa-progs-6.4.2 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1527:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 931:   Called src_compile
  mesa-progs-6.4.2.ebuild, line 68:   Called die

!!! glxinfo failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.

Does anyone have similar problems?
Thanks in advance,
Tobias

uninstalled/reinstalled related. next xextproto & x11-proto/scrnsaverproto documented here http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-33 ... ml#3322862 and --pretend dropped dependencies, now above error starting to and will probably cause problems restarting X

[ecatmur]

That error output doesn't look to have anything to do with scrnsaverproto; more likely remerging media-libs/mesa would fix it.

[planet-admin]

For those of you having trouble with random thousands of errror messages when building libX111 (xkbbind.c xrm.c, etc)

with root privleges, go to /usr/portage/x11-proto

create a bash script:

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for i in *
do
emerge $i -f
emerge $i
done

Fetch first in case there is corruption.

Try to re-emerge libX11, it should work. This seems to happen when you go from 7.0 to 6.8(or 9) back to 7.

Michael

[Ibn al-Hazardous]

ABI fglrx problem
i've seen other people (in/outside this thread) having same problems
module mismatch version doesn't match
downgrading makes the same plus kernel panic
error is on the bottom of the post

The solution has been posted tons of times. I last saw it posted by xake 2 or 3 posts above yours. fglrx is a binary module, and the ABI is changed in 7.1 - which is what you have installed. Anything with a version number of 7.1 or 1.1 in it is unstable and masked. Versions 7.0 and 1.0.x are merely unstable - so if you keep the packages in package.keywords but remove them from package.unmask, and run emerge -auvDN world, you'll get the downgrade you need to make it work.

This is getting a bit tiresome. Could someone make a FAQ-post for the x-org upgrade and make it sticky?

[Serotonin0]

script worked well, back to hw error before last downgrade.

something like this:

ver-1.099.903/hw/xfree86/loader
make [3]: *** [all recursive] Error 1
make [3]: Leaving directory 'var/temp/portage/xorg-server-1.0.99.903/work/xorg-server-1.0.99.903/hw/cfree86
make [2]: [all] Error 2
make [2]: Leaving directory 'var/temp/portage/xorg-server-1.0.99.903/work/xorg-server-1.0.99.903/hw

!!! ERROR: x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99.903 failed/
Call stack
ebuild.sh, line 1527:
called dyn_compile
ebuild.sh, line 931:
src_dyn_compile
ebuild.sh, line 1240:
x-modular_src_compile
x-modular.eclass, line 317:
x-modular.eclass, line 312:
called die

what's needed?

[mutlu_inek]

Serotonin0, do you really want the version of xorg you are trying to emerge? Please read what Ibn al-Hazardous has just written above. The current unstable but unmasked xorg-server is version 1.0.2-r4 (at least it was yesterday;). The versions 1.0.99(...) belong to the 1.1 server with the API change. So if you want a nice running system with the binary drivers, you can just ignore the errors and remove xorg-server from package.unmask.

[discomfitor]

Just switched over from 6.8.2 tonight, and it was an interesting experience. The only issues I had were the following:

1) Lack of direct rendering. For some reason, I had to eselect my nvidia interface several times before it "took". All better after that though.

2) Mouse buttons on my Logitech Cordless Mouseman screwed up (using normal mouse drivers, not evdev). Fixed with a quick `xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 9 4 5 7 6 8"`.


Been running it a couple hours now and doing some stress tests with gaming and whatnot, but so far it seems just as good as 6.8 except for the composite improvements with the nvidia driver and opengl. Big thanks to the Gentoo devs for making this as easy as it was.

[chrismortimore]

Out of curiosity, how is xorg7 coming along in terms of getting moved into x86? My xorg7 (running under VMware that is) is running with no problems at all, other than VMware being horribly slow. Is it because xorg7 still isn't ready, or because of it's dependancies?