Re: [gentoo-user] System maintenance procedure?
Can I recapitulate the routine? So it should be something like that: layman -S emerge --sync emerge -DuN world emerge @preserved-rebuild emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild eclean distfiles -t=2w eclean packages -t=2w dispatch-conf elogv Right? But this script could not be run automatically because of dispatch-conf that needs user intervention. On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:36:10 -0600, Bruce Hill wrote: After using Gentoo for close to two years, the only time/place I've ever even seen @preserved-rebuild is in this thread. Yet you say, Portage will warn you when the set is [it] non-empty, telling you to run emerge @preserved-rebuild. How will portage do this? I've just got this after an emerge -u @world !!! existing preserved libs: package: dev-libs/icu-50.1-r2 * - /usr/lib64/libicui18n.so.49 * - /usr/lib64/libicui18n.so.49.1.2 * - /usr/lib64/libicuio.so.49 * - /usr/lib64/libicuio.so.49.1.2 * used by /usr/sbin/cgdisk (sys-apps/gptfdisk-0.8.5) * used by /usr/sbin/gdisk (sys-apps/gptfdisk-0.8.5) * used by /usr/sbin/sgdisk (sys-apps/gptfdisk-0.8.5) * - /usr/lib64/libicuuc.so.49 * - /usr/lib64/libicuuc.so.49.1.2 * used by /usr/sbin/cgdisk (sys-apps/gptfdisk-0.8.5) * used by /usr/sbin/gdisk (sys-apps/gptfdisk-0.8.5) * used by /usr/sbin/sgdisk (sys-apps/gptfdisk-0.8.5) * - /usr/lib64/libicudata.so.49 * - /usr/lib64/libicudata.so.49.1.2 Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information. You won't see that because the subsequent programs run by your alias will scroll it out of view. The important point is that although the library update could have broken gptfdisk, it didn't because portage is holing onto the old library until I have run emerge @preserved-rebuild. Contrast this with the previous approach of letting emerge break important software and relying on revdep-rebuild to get it working again. -- Neil Bothwick All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
Jacques, you are the man! Thank you so much for your detailed explanation. I had actually everything right, except the (y) for include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary, which I was advised some time ago of not adding it. Why should I need that? I thought I was using the open-source firmware when opted for sys-kernel/linux-firmware. Mick and Clemente, thanks anyway for your attention as well. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Jacques Montier jmont...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/11/28 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: Fellow Gentooers, although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into some difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore after the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the recommended mode. My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only one possible? What can I do to fix this problem? The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel config. Have you tried that? -- Regards, Mick Hi, I have the same video card as yours (ATI 9600 RV350) on my old laptop and tried the new driver by enabling modesetting on radeon by default. Device Drivers - Graphic support - Direct Rendering Manager (y) - ATI Radeon (y) - Enable Modesetting on radeon by default (y). I installed the sys-kernel/linux-firmware package, and enabled include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary Device Drivers - Generic Driver Options - include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary (y) I let empty External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary. It did not work until i disabled ALL the drivers in Support for frame buffer devices. Device Drivers - Graphic support - Support for frame buffer devices. I hope that will help. Regards, -- Jacques
[gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
Fellow Gentooers, although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into some difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore after the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the recommended mode. My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only one possible? What can I do to fix this problem? Regards, depoisdasdez
