In current stable xf86-video-vesa-1.0.1.3 fails with the following message: >>> Emerging (1 of 20) x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-1.0.1.3 to / >>> checking ebuild checksums ;-) >>> checking auxfile checksums ;-) >>> checking miscfile checksums ;-) >>> checking xf86-video-vesa-1.0.1.3.tar.bz2 ;-) >>> checking x11-driver-patches-1.tar.bz2 ;-) >>> Unpacking source... * x11-base/xorg-server is not built with support for external drivers. !!! ERROR: x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-1.0.1.3 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1539: Called dyn_unpack ebuild.sh, line 711: Called src_unpack ebuild.sh, line 1248: Called x-modular_src_unpack x-modular.eclass, line 267: Called x-modular_server_supports_drivers_check x-modular.eclass, line 205: Called die !!! You must build x11-base/xorg-server with USE=xorg. !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. Unfortunately USE=xorg is not an option in the current stable xorg-server: [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.2-r7 USE="-debug -dri -ipv6 -minimal -xprint" 0 kB emerge --info: Portage 2.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.15 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 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: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.die.unipd.it/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo-sources/" LINGUAS="en it" MAKEOPTS="-j2" 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" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X bzip2 fam gif gpm mailwrapper qt ssl truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xorg elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux linguas_en linguas_it userland_GNU video_cards_i810 video_cards_vesa" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Should be fixed in an hour if you sync, thanks for reporting!
