On a PPC desktop with Rage 128 video which works under x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.7-r1 X server fails when upgraded to x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.4 The emerge went fine but the server cannot load the driver x11-drivers/xf86-video-r128 because of missing symbol "miEmptyData" [956797.891] (II) LoadModule: "r128" [956797.904] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so [956797.927] dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData [956797.933] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so [956797.939] (II) UnloadModule: "r128" [956797.939] (EE) Failed to load module "r128" (loader failed, 7) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. upgrade from xorg-server 1.7 to 1.9 2. start X server 3. (server fails to start) Actual Results: here is failed /var/log/X*.log $ cat /var/log/X*13.log.old [956797.691] _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 [956797.695] _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/maple:13 [956797.699] _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 [956797.724] X.Org X Server 1.9.4 Release Date: 2011-02-04 [956797.736] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [956797.740] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl ppc Gentoo [956797.744] Current Operating System: Linux maple 2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl #1 Mon Feb 7 00:10:39 PST 2011 ppc [956797.748] Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda13 ro [956797.753] Build Date: 21 February 2011 12:55:54PM [956797.758] [956797.763] Current version of pixman: 0.18.2 [956797.768] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. [956797.778] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [956797.794] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.13.log", Time: Mon Feb 21 14:51:08 2011 [956797.801] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" [956797.806] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [956797.832] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured" [956797.832] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) [956797.832] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" [956797.833] (**) | |-->Device "Card0" [956797.833] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" [956797.833] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" [956797.833] (==) Automatically adding devices [956797.833] (==) Automatically enabling devices [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.850] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. [956797.850] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.851] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. [956797.851] Entry deleted from font path. [956797.851] (**) FontPath set to: [956797.851] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" [956797.851] (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. [956797.851] (WW) Disabling Mouse0 [956797.851] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 [956797.851] (II) Loader magic: 0x101d6bb8 [956797.851] (II) Module ABI versions: [956797.851] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [956797.851] X.Org Video Driver: 8.0 [956797.851] X.Org XInput driver : 11.0 [956797.851] X.Org Server Extension : 4.0 [956797.866] (--) PCI:*(0:0:16:0) 1002:5046:0000:0000 rev 0, Mem @ 0x94000000/67108864, 0x90000000/16384, I/O @ 0x00000400/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 [956797.866] (II) Open APM successful [956797.866] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [956797.866] (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [956797.866] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [956797.866] (II) "record" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [956797.866] (II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [956797.866] (II) "dri2" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [956797.867] (II) LoadModule: "extmod" [956797.868] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so [956797.869] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [956797.869] compiled for 1.9.4, module version = 1.0.0 [956797.869] Module class: X.Org Server Extension [956797.869] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0 [956797.869] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER [956797.869] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension [956797.869] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA [956797.869] (II) Loading extension DPMS [956797.869] (II) Loading extension XVideo [956797.869] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation [956797.869] (II) Loading extension X-Resource [956797.869] (II) LoadModule: "record" [956797.869] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so [956797.870] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [956797.870] compiled for 1.9.4, module version = 1.13.0 [956797.870] Module class: X.Org Server Extension [956797.870] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0 [956797.870] (II) Loading extension RECORD [956797.870] (II) LoadModule: "dbe" [956797.870] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so [956797.870] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [956797.870] compiled for 1.9.4, module version = 1.0.0 [956797.871] Module class: X.Org Server Extension [956797.871] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0 [956797.871] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER [956797.871] (II) LoadModule: "dri" [956797.871] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so [956797.888] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [956797.888] compiled for 1.9.4, module version = 1.0.0 [956797.888] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0 [956797.888] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI [956797.888] (II) LoadModule: "dri2" [956797.889] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so [956797.889] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [956797.889] compiled for 1.9.4, module version = 1.2.0 [956797.889] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0 [956797.889] (II) Loading extension DRI2 [956797.889] (II) LoadModule: "glx" [956797.890] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [956797.891] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [956797.891] compiled for 1.9.4, module version = 1.0.0 [956797.891] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0 [956797.891] (==) AIGLX enabled [956797.891] (II) Loading extension GLX [956797.891] (II) LoadModule: "r128" [956797.904] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so [956797.927] dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData [956797.933] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so [956797.939] (II) UnloadModule: "r128" [956797.939] (EE) Failed to load module "r128" (loader failed, 7) [956797.946] (EE) No drivers available. [956797.952] Fatal server error: [956797.964] no screens found [956797.971] Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [956797.996] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.13.log" for additional information. [956798.003] Expected Results: after unmask and downgrading to: =x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.7-r1 <=x11-apps/xinit-1.2.1 server starts and works full log attached
Created attachment 263407 [details] successful /var/log/X*.log with xorg-server-1.7
Did you reemerge your drivers after server upgrade, just as the ebuild tells you ?
(In reply to comment #2) > Did you reemerge your drivers after server upgrade, just as the ebuild tells > you ? > Sadly, I did :-( As a check, I updated the server again from 1.7 to 1.9 then unmerged all drivers, then re-emerged drivers and the X server will not start per previous report: # X :13 -ac vt7 _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/maple:13 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 X.Org X Server 1.9.4 Release Date: 2011-02-04 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl ppc Gentoo Current Operating System: Linux maple 2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl #1 Mon Feb 7 00:10:39 PST 2011 ppc Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda13 ro Build Date: 21 February 2011 08:36:30PM Current version of pixman: 0.18.2 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. 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.13.log", Time: Mon Feb 21 21:25:17 2011 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module "r128" (loader failed, 7) (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.13.log" for additional information. here are the --info files for server and driver $ emerge --info xorg-serverPortage 2.1.9.25 (default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.11.2-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl ppc) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl-ppc-7400,_altivec_supported-with-gentoo-1.12.14 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r1, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.14-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=G4 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -DNONZEROSTATUS" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=G4 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -DNONZEROSTATUS" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://10.0.200.136/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl alsa altivec berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus device-mapper dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif extras fam firefox flac gdbm gdu gif gnome gnome-keyring gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 jpeg lcms ldap libnotify mad mikmod mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap nautilus ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppc ppds pppd pulseaudio python qt3support qt4 readline sdl session spell ssl startup-notification subversion svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype udev unicode usb vorbis xcb xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="aoa aoa-fabric-layout aoa-onyx aoa-soundbus aoa-soundbus-i2s aoa-tas aoa-toonie powermac usb-audio via82xx" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev mouse keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="r128 fbdev" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.4 was built with the following: USE="ipv6 kdrive nptl udev xorg -dmx -doc -minimal -static-libs -tslib" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,lazy" $ emerge --info xorg-drivers Portage 2.1.9.25 (default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.11.2-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl ppc) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r5-sl-ppc-7400,_altivec_supported-with-gentoo-1.12.14 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r1, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.14-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=G4 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -DNONZEROSTATUS" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=G4 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -DNONZEROSTATUS" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://10.0.200.136/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl alsa altivec berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus device-mapper dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif extras fam firefox flac gdbm gdu gif gnome gnome-keyring gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 jpeg lcms ldap libnotify mad mikmod mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap nautilus ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppc ppds pppd pulseaudio python qt3support qt4 readline sdl session spell ssl startup-notification subversion svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype udev unicode usb vorbis xcb xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="aoa aoa-fabric-layout aoa-onyx aoa-soundbus aoa-soundbus-i2s aoa-tas aoa-toonie powermac usb-audio via82xx" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev mouse keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="r128 fbdev" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.9 was built with the following: USE="" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -elographics -fpit -joystick -penmount -synaptics -tslib -virtualbox -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev r128 -apm -ark -ast -chips -cirrus -dummy -epson -fglrx -geode -glint -i128 -i740 -impact -intel -mach64 -mga -neomagic -newport -nouveau -nv (-nvidia) -radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb -sunbw2 -suncg14 -suncg3 -suncg6 -sunffb -sunleo -suntcx -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -via -virtualbox -vmware -voodoo"
Did you upgrade correctly ? This includes mesa, libdrm, protos, etc. There doesn't seem to be any direct references to that symbol in the driver's sources.
(In reply to comment #4) > Did you upgrade correctly ? > This includes mesa, libdrm, protos, etc. > There doesn't seem to be any direct references to that symbol in the driver's > sources. > Apparently at some point I have misunderstood something about the upgrade and merely repeated my mistake. I am now trying to check whether all the parts were updated correctly and in the correct sequence. I HAVE been able to emerge r128 without the undefined symbol (although at the moment X server is not yet working) so the "bug" may well be me... This machine is not fast and so it will take a while to do the upgrade again thanks for your help and I will comment as soon as I have it working.
I have now a working x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.4 with Rage 128 and Direct Rendering as before and so this bug is invalid. I apologize for the confusion and thanks for the help. In case it helps others here is what I did wrong and what I did to fix it. Initially I used $ emerge -v xorg-server xorg-drivers Since the emerge went smoothly I thought I was done but next time it tried to start, the X server failed and I wrote this bug. I had to downgrade the server to get a working system and since it was hard masked that involved package.unmask as well as package.mask. I noticed from '/var/log/emerge.log' that for some reason emerge reordered the packages from the above command and actually emerged xorg-drivers first so I tried this $ emerge -v xorg-server && emerge -v xorg-drivers The result was the same (so I thought this confirmed the bug) Clearly I do not understand the virtual package 'xorg-drivers' because although it updates the version of 'xorg-drivers' it does not update *any* actual driver packages and this was my confusion. Eventually I realized that each *individual* driver must be emerged after the server. On my system that means: $ emerge -v xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-r128 That produced a working X server.
Marking WORKSFORME per comment 6.
