Using gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r7 kernel. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml Seems at least one thing is missing from the guide: in order to emerge x11-drm one must first set something like VIDEO_CARDS="video_cards_radeon" in the /etc/make.conf file. Furthermore, when I simply set VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" as per the output of the emerge without any VIDEO_CARDS set, the x11-drm package did not compile. However it compiled successfully with VIDEO_CARDS="video_cards_radeon" None of these complications are hinted at in the guide. Still, even after the installation of the x11-drm package using VIDEO_CARDS="video_cards_radeon" the module was missing. No further hints as to what may be wrong are given in the howto.
*** Bug 134089 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 134088 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #0) What version of Portage are you using, what version/arch of x11-drm are you trying to emerge, and for what version of X11?
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #0) > What version of Portage are you using, what version/arch of x11-drm are you > trying to emerge, and for what version of X11? > I am trying to emerge x11-base/x11-drm 20050502 for xorg-x11 6.8.2-r7 using portage 2.0.54-r2
Any progress on this? The new portage and X11 fully support the proper syntax now. Still a problem, or can this be closed?
I spoke to the guru of all things drm and X11 and modular X and video card checking (dberkholz++) on IRC, and he confirmed that you really shouldn't be setting the things you did. Before emerging, you should have checked with "emerge -pvt" to see what variables the ebuild looks for in /etc/make.conf; that would tell you whether to do it by USE flags or by VIDEO_CARDS. Next time, try emerge -pvt <package> ; it's quite a lifesaver.