Re: Xorg installation

Brian Parkhurst <[email protected]> Sat, 11 May 2013 19:30:30 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
What kernel version are you running?

On 5/11/2013 13:11, Don Wilburn wrote:
> Now it's different, but not fixed.
>
> I revised make.conf to say -mcpu=ev56
> emerge --unmerge xorg-server and the nv,fbdev, and vesa drivers I
> installed.  After I emerged all that back, Xorg -configure still failed
> with a number of screens does not match the number of devices error, but
> it does write an xorg.conf.new.  That does not work, of course.
> Now a simple starx brings up a graphics screen with three terminal
> instances started, but the computer is locked up.
> For a lark, I --unmerged the keyboard, mouse, and evdev devices.  I did
> the same to xterm, just in case.  Emerged them back, but no difference.
>
> I originally emerged the whole xorg-x11 package.  That took so long, I
> went directly to xorg-server for uninstall/reinstall.  I hoped that
> would be enough.
> My methods seem relatively brutal and ignorant, but I don't know any
> better.
>
> Adios,  DW
>