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Bug 102830 - Xorg -configure crashes on Microsoft Virtual PC 2004
Summary: Xorg -configure crashes on Microsoft Virtual PC 2004
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
URL: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug...
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Reported: 2005-08-17 06:22 UTC by Nikolay
Modified: 2005-08-25 15:03 UTC (History)
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Description Nikolay 2005-08-17 06:22:42 UTC 
I am not sure if this is a Xorg bug or a Gentoo bug but I have just installed
Gentoo on Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 which is running on Windows XP. I tried to
setup the X Server using Xorg -configure but that makes the "virtual pc" crash. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.run Xorg -configure

Actual Results:  
black screen (crash)

Expected Results:  
created an xorg.conf file
Comment 1 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-17 09:47:21 UTC 
Try 6.8.99.15 and let us know how that works.
Comment 2 Nikolay 2005-08-17 09:51:59 UTC 
Excuse my ignorance but I don't know how to do that. I have never installed
Masked packages.
Comment 3 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-17 10:02:51 UTC 
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=3
Comment 4 Nikolay 2005-08-18 04:44:33 UTC 
excuse my ignorance again but I am adding the following line:
>=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.99.15 ~x86
to
/etc/portage/package.keywords
then I do:
emerge xorg-x11-6.8.99.15
and this happens:

Calculating dependencies

!!! Problem in x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.99.15 dependencies.
!!! "Specific key requires an operator (x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.99.15) (try adding
an '=')" exceptions

Sorry about this I am very new to gentoo and I can't tell what is going wrong.
Comment 5 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-18 08:51:49 UTC 
What did you add to package.unmask?
Comment 6 Nikolay 2005-08-18 09:21:24 UTC 
Sorry I realized that I probably had to add it to package.unmask and it seems to
be going through now. Xorg-X11 is now compiling will let you know when it
finishes what the results of the experiment are.
Comment 7 Nikolay 2005-08-18 11:35:14 UTC 
Ok it finished compiling. Xorg -configure has the same effect. A black screen crash.
Comment 8 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-24 18:27:25 UTC 
This is an X bug then.  Please file a bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org and
post the link here.  Thank you :)
Comment 10 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-25 15:03:17 UTC 
Added, thanks :)