No idea whats changed, or perhaps what is now not correctly configured on my system, however while I have xf86-video-ati installed, emerge -uDv world wants to bring in every other video driver. # emerge -pv xorg-x11 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-imstt-1.1.0 USE="-debug" 228 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nsc-2.8.1 USE="-debug" 481 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-s3virge-1.8.6.5 USE="-debug" 266 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-i128-1.1.0.5 USE="-debug" 247 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware-10.12.0.0 USE="-debug" 233 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-trident-1.0.1.3 USE="-debug" 273 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-neomagic-1.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 249 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-cirrus-1.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 248 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-v4l-0.0.1.5 USE="-debug" 216 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-1.0.1.3 USE="-debug" 218 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tga-1.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 243 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-s3-0.3.5.5 USE="-debug" 236 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tdfx-1.1.1.3 USE="dri -debug" 255 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-sisusb-0.7.1.3 USE="-debug" 275 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-glint-1.0.1.3 USE="dri -debug" 326 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev-0.1.0.5 USE="-debug" 214 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-i740-1.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 241 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-dummy-0.1.0.5 USE="-debug" 211 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-savage-2.0.2.3 USE="dri -debug" 275 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.3.1.5 USE="-debug" 256 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-ark-0.5.0.5 USE="-debug" 214 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-rendition-4.0.1.3 USE="-debug" 272 kB [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.1-r1 USE="-debug" 213 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-via-0.1.33.2 USE="dri -debug" 355 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga-1.2.1.3 USE="dri -debug" 338 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-sis-0.8.1.3 USE="dri -debug" 579 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tseng-1.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 259 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga-4.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 215 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-cyrix-1.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 232 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-chips-1.0.1.3 USE="-debug" 291 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-apm-1.0.1.5 USE="-debug" 252 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810-1.4.1.3 USE="dri -debug" 368 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-1.0.2.0 USE="-debug" 270 kB [ebuild N ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-voodoo-1.0.0.5 USE="-debug" 227 kB [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1 USE="-3dfx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -evdev -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -magictouch -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="-apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 -imstt -mach64% -mga -neomagic -nsc -nv -nvidia -r128% -radeon% -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 0 kB emerge --info Portage 2.1_pre7-r5 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.0, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.2-r1 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/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache confcache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.itdnet.net/gentoo/" LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://luxbg/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb cli crypt ctype cups dba divx4linux dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd expat fastbuild foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect fortran ftp gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imap imlib innodb isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas lcms libg++ libwww mad memlimit mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin odbc ogg opengl pam pcre pdflib perl php png posix pppd python qt quicktime radeon readline real samba sdl session simplexml soap sockets spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcltk tcpd tiff tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb vhosts vorbis wifi win32codecs xml xmms xsl xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux linguas_en_GB userland_GNU video_cards_ati" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS I have these set in make.conf: INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" VIDEO_CARDS="ati"
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 130331 ***
doh.. sorry! However, that radeon flag confused me with regards to the closed source radeon driver.. hence I submitted this.
No problem, closing. ;)