From the ebuild: [[ -f usr/X11R6/${pkglibdir}/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o ]] && \ doexe usr/X11R6/${pkglibdir}/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o [[ -f usr/X11R6/${pkglibdir}/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so ]] && \ doexe usr/X11R6/${pkglibdir}/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so This installs nvidia_drv.o AND nvidia_drv.so X -configure sees two simular modules which it can't handle and break. Steps to reproduct: 1 emerge nvidia-glx-1.0.7664 2 /etc/init.d/xdm stop 3 X -configure
Post the error messages from the Xorg log, please.
$ X -configure X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11.10-dm0 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux latitude.marinus 2.6.11.12-dm0 #1 Thu Jun 16 19:29:17 CEST 2005 i686 Build Date: 18 May 2005 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: Sun Jun 19 13:39:46 2005 Using vt 7 List of video drivers: atimisc r128 radeon nvidia nvidia mga glint nv tga s3 s3virge sis rendition neomagic i740 tdfx savage cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm i128 nsc i810 ati ark cyrix siliconmotion via vesa vga dummy fbdev v4l (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (once-only module, -1073749000) (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" Xorg is not able to detect your mouse. Edit the file and correct the Device. Your xorg.conf file is /root/xorg.conf.new To test the server, run 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new'
Created attachment 61487 [details] Xorg.0.log
Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-dm0 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-dm0 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.9 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig collision-protect distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LC_ALL="nl_NL@euro" LINGUAS="nl_NL" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage-overlay" SYNC="rsync://routi.marinus/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib alsa apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cdparanoia cdr cscope cups curl dbus directfb dvd emboss encode fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal howl ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmxext motif mp3 mpeg ncurses network nls ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib plotutils png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svg sysfs tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis win32codecs xine xinerama xml2 xscreensaver xv xvid zeroconf zlib linguas_nl_NL userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LDFLAGS
This is now fixed in version 1.0.7664 and 1.0.7667 of the driver. Bug #91101 was relavent to this fix.
