Bug 194564

Summary:	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers missing build dependency x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Bernhard Seibold <mail>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	X11 External Driver Maintainers <x11-drivers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Bernhard Seibold 2007-10-03 01:20:14 UTC

x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto is needed in order to compile nvidia-drivers.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge xorg from binary packages, doesn't pull in x11-proto/*
2. try to emerge nvidia-drivers from source
3.




Works after manually installing x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto

Comment 1 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-03 13:39:13 UTC

It would have been good to include the exact compile error and be specific about which version of the driver you used.

Comment 2 Bernhard Seibold 2007-10-04 21:40:59 UTC

Hmm, sorry, couldn't reproduce it. Guess it's invalid.