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Bug#: 132696
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Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: FIXED
Assigned To: Gentoo X packagers <x11@gentoo.org>
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Reporter: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>
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Description:   Opened: 2006-05-08 10:27 0000 
Since xorg-server has some special handling of drivers (ie the VIDEO_CARDS
variable) I would expect it to pull in the right versions of the drivers.

After upgrading xorg-server I had to manually upgrade xf86-video-ati for X
server to start (because the driver had a different abi version). I have ati
and radeon in the VIDEO_CARDS variable.

I guess the same applies for input drivers.

I wonder if there can be some driver slots to keep around drivers of different
abi versions so that the X server can be upgraded and downgraded easily.

------- Comment #1 From Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-05-08 19:25:03 0000 ------- 
xorg-server is not responsible for pulling in video drivers.  The xorg-x11
ebuild currently does that.  Something I've been meaning to do is put an
appropriate xorg-x11 7.1 RC ebuild into the tree, which would mostly solve this
problem.

------- Comment #2 From Michal Suchanek 2006-05-09 05:39:17 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #1)
> xorg-server is not responsible for pulling in video drivers.  The xorg-x11
> ebuild currently does that.  Something I've been meaning to do is put an
> appropriate xorg-x11 7.1 RC ebuild into the tree, which would mostly solve this
> problem.

In my view it is the X server that needs the drivers and should depend on them.
But a new xorg-x11 ebuild would probably fix the problem for me anyway.

Thanks

------- Comment #3 From Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-05-13 08:37:53 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #2)
> In my view it is the X server that needs the drivers and should depend on them.

This solution has been implemented in CVS.

------- Comment #4 From Michal Suchanek 2006-06-13 10:09:05 0000 ------- 
Xorg 7.0 also requires correct server/driver dependencies.

Is it covered here or should I file a separate bug for that?

------- Comment #5 From Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-06-18 09:21:23 0000 ------- 
Since we'll be dropping 7.0 from the tree when ATI/nVidia release drivers that
work with it, there's not much reason to fix it there.

------- Comment #6 From Michal Suchanek 2006-08-29 15:06:51 0000 ------- 
now 7.0 is stable, and still has the weir dependencies

------- Comment #7 From Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-08-31 10:04:13 0000 ------- 
Yes, that's what I said :)

If you really want the fixed deps, unmask the 7.1 server and its dependencies. 
The only reason it's not stable yet is because the ATI and nVidia drivers that
support 7.1 aren't stable yet.

------- Comment #8 From Michal Suchanek 2006-09-04 05:07:01 0000 ------- 
It won't work. 7.1 crashes for me on ATI, even without DRI.

------- Comment #9 From Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-09-05 08:08:35 0000 ------- 
Please file a new bug regarding that issue, and include your X logs and 'emerge
--info' output.

------- Comment #10 From Michal Suchanek 2006-09-06 01:39:46 0000 ------- 
bug 134395

It's there for quite some time.

Upstream is not fixing it yet - perhaps its not that easy.
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