On Samstag 27 Juni 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: > Copying Nikos as I think he may have the answer right on the tip of his > tongue. Bulk of message posted at the bottom. > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Alan McKinnon<alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> On Saturday 27 June 2009 19:10:43 Mark Knecht wrote: > >>>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:34 AM, Alan > >>>>> McKinnon<alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > >>>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > On Saturday 27 June 2009 06:24:12 Mark Knecht wrote: > >>>>> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Alan > >>>>> >> McKinnon<alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > >>>>> > > >>>>> > wrote: > >>>>> >> > On Friday 26 June 2009 21:05:01 Mark Knecht wrote: > >>>>> >> >> So the weirdness continues. mesa built but then xorg-server > >>>>> >> >> failed with the same failure: > >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> * >>> SetUID: [chmod go-r] /usr/bin/Xorg ... > >>>>> >> >> [ ok ] > >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> Switching to xorg-x11 OpenGL interface...ln: creating symbolic > >>>>> >> >> link `./libglx.so': File exists > >>>>> >> >> !!! Error: Failed to create /lib/libglx.so > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > Looks like you have a file collision between xorg-server and > >>>>> >> > mesa, which is odd as those packages get a lot of testing. > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > Anything on bugs.gentoo.org? > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Unfortunately it seem that there are bug reports on this and more > >>>>> >> unfortunately they have apparently been going on nearly a year > >>>>> >> now. It's not a Gentoo thing specifically as there are Ubuntu, > >>>>> >> Debian and other distros with reports in their forums. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> There was a possible by hand fix for it but I'll need to look at > >>>>> >> that over the weekend to see if it makes sense on this machine. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Bummer. I hate banging my head up against a wall made of problems > >>>>> >> no one seems to be fixing. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/247685 > >>>>> > > >>>>> > The fix seems (in principle at least) to be brain-dead easy: > >>>>> > > >>>>> > - all ebuilds that merge opengl files should put them in distinct > >>>>> > locations by name to avoid collisions > >>>>> > - the contents of /usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/ should be > >>>>> > symlinks with a sane default put there by xorg-server and modified > >>>>> > by eselect > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Nikos's comments are especially sane in that thread. Perhaps he'll > >>>>> > come along, see this thread and help you out further. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > I suspect that the temporary workaround will be to delete a symlink > >>>>> > and emerge stuff, then remember to always do this on every future > >>>>> > re-emerge > >>>>> > > >>>>> > -- > >>>>> > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > >>>>> > >>>>> In concept it does seem fairly straight forward, but to some extent > >>>>> I'm not clear why my previous attempts didn't work, unless the > >>>>> questionable files remained behind. What I attempted to do was > >>>>> completely remove everything X, but I probably didn't specifically > >>>>> remove the stuff in /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions. I was > >>>>> expecting the emerge to do that. > >>>> > >>>> According to the bug report you mentioned earlier, the ebuild is > >>>> attempting to perform eselect too late in the process, which fails, > >>>> and the ebuild immediately exits. > >>>> > >>>> So it's not surprising that dodgy files are left behind which you must > >>>> remove manually. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > >>> > >>> So I'm little confused by a couple of the postings in that report. I > >>> did emerge -C glproto/eselect/mesa/xorg-server and then made sure > >>> there was nothing left in those directories at all. Should I emerge > >>> eselect, manually do a select, and then emerge the rest of the files? > >>> > >>> Or emerge eselect and maybe mesa, do the eselect, then xorg-server? > >>> > >>> mesa is currently building. glproto created > >>> /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/include, but the other two directories are > >>> there yet. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Mark > >> > >> With mesa building in screen I tried the eselect step. It completes > >> normally but the extensions directory isn't there yet so there's > >> nothing to check. > >> > >> [detached] > >> myth12 ~ # eselect opengl list > >> Available OpenGL implementations: > >> [1] xorg-x11 * > >> myth12 ~ # eselect opengl set 1 > >> Switching to xorg-x11 OpenGL interface... done > >> myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/ > >> total 12 > >> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:20 . > >> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:20 .. > >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:20 include > >> myth12 ~ # > > > > Ok, with mesa finished building there are now two more directories > > with some header files added in include and some links and files in > > lib: > > > > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/ > > total 20 > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 . > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:20 .. > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 extensions > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 include > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 lib > > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/ > > total 8 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 . > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 .. > > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/include/ > > total 716 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 . > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 .. > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90752 Jun 27 10:28 gl.h > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 461180 Jun 27 10:28 glext.h > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17155 Jun 27 10:28 glx.h > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34142 Jun 27 10:28 glxext.h > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2453 Jun 27 10:20 glxmd.h > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 77887 Jun 27 10:20 glxproto.h > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10613 Jun 27 10:20 glxtokens.h > > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib > > total 456 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 . > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 .. > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 743 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.la > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 448056 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.so.1.2 > > myth12 ~ # > > > > Still no problem doing a set in eselect. OK so far... (I think) > > > > myth12 ~ # eselect opengl list > > Available OpenGL implementations: > > [1] xorg-x11 * > > myth12 ~ # eselect opengl set 1 > > Switching to xorg-x11 OpenGL interface... done > > myth12 ~ # > > > > Now I'll emerge xorg-server. > > > > Cheers, > > Mark > > OK - so now I'm not so sure what the correct next step is. The > xorg-server emerge completed cleanly but the contents of the > extensions directory are a single file, not a link and now eselect > opengl set 1 fails: > > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/ > total 20 > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 . > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:20 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:57 extensions > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 include > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 lib > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/ > total 340 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:57 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 334456 Jun 27 10:57 libglx.so > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/include/ > total 716 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90752 Jun 27 10:28 gl.h > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 461180 Jun 27 10:28 glext.h > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17155 Jun 27 10:28 glx.h > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34142 Jun 27 10:28 glxext.h > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2453 Jun 27 10:20 glxmd.h > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 77887 Jun 27 10:20 glxproto.h > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10613 Jun 27 10:20 glxtokens.h > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/ > total 456 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 27 10:28 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 743 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.la > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 448056 Jun 27 10:28 libGL.so.1.2 > myth12 ~ # > > > myth12 ~ # eselect opengl list > Available OpenGL implementations: > [1] xorg-x11 > myth12 ~ # eselect opengl set 1 > Switching to xorg-x11 OpenGL interface...ln: creating symbolic link > `./libglx.so': File exists > !!! Error: Failed to create lib/libglx.so > Killed > myth12 ~ # > > > > myth12 ~ # slocate libglx.so > /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/libglx.so > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/libglx.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 334456 Jun 27 10:57 > /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/libglx.so > myth12 ~ # ls -al /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Jun 23 16:42 > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so -> > //usr//lib/opengl/ati/extensions/libglx.so > myth12 ~ # > > > The second one is a link that I suppose it broken because it's showing > up in red. However I don't know if it was there after removing > everything and redoing the emerges as I didn't check for it. > > Basically, if the 'thing' in extensions is supposed to be a link, then > where is the real libglx.so supposed to go? > > Con-fuzed... > > - Mark
/usr/lib64/opengl/ati/extensions/libglx.so /usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/libglx.so is where libglx.so belongs /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so is the symlink so, why not follow the instructions in the bug, that was posted in the thread?
