On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Nikos Chantziaras<rea...@arcor.de> wrote: >>> On 06/24/2009 02:20 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> Main question is whether there is any change in the way I select >>>> the fglrx driver with xorg-server-1.5? >>>> >>>> I have a big emerge running on one of my MythTV frontends that uses >>>> an old 2.6.19 kernel with an old 8.28 ati-driver package. The machine >>>> does not use a keyboard or mouse. I cannot update either the kernel or >>>> the ati-driver for hardware support reasons. When the emerge is >>>> finished in a couple of hours do I need to change the xorg.conf file >>>> at all to use the server with the fglrx driver or will it just work? >>> >>> There's a pretty big chance that 8.28 is so old that it does not support >>> xorg-server 1.5 at all. That means you can't use xorg-server 1.5. And if >>> you're not prepared to update your kernel, then the xorg native driver >>> (xf86-video-ati) is out of the question too. >>> >>> It looks to me you'll have to keep using the older xorg-server. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Thanks Nikos. I hope that's not the case or I've waster a couple of >> hours because emerge didn't stop me from doing this. No messages at >> all about anything like too old a kernel or vidieo driver. >> >> It's almost done so I guess I'll just wait and then see how it goes. >> >> There is no way to update the kernel as far as I know. The ATI chip >> that's in the computer has an S-video output that I need to drive the >> TV. After 8.28 ATI stopped supporting S-Video for this chip meaning I >> cannot update ati-drivers. To use the 8.28 ati-driver package I'm >> forced to use the 2.6.19 kernel. >> >> Believe me, I'd like to update but don't know how to unless I buy a >> new video card. I haven't looked in the box in a LONG time but I think >> it's possibly PCI only, and then it's also low form factor so it will >> probably be pretty hard to find ANY video card to fit it, but maybe >> I'll look around in case I have to go that way. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark >> > > OK, after the reboot fglrx is in memory but Xorg.0.log is complaining > about missing symbols: > > myth12 ~ # uname -a > Linux myth12 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #2 PREEMPT Sat May 19 17:55:30 PDT 2007 > i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.26GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > myth12 ~ # lsmod | grep fglrx > fglrx 390828 0 > agpgart 24240 2 fglrx,ati_agp > myth12 ~ # > > (II) LoadModule: "fglrx" > > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so > dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so: undefined symbol: > miZeroLineScreenIndex > (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so > (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx" > (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (loader failed, 7) > (EE) No drivers available. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > > Am I completely hosed here? > > Looking on NewEgg I'm not finding any AGP fanless, low-profile cards > yet and I'm not sure the machine supported AGP anyway. I'll have to > open the box or find some old docs online. There is one fanless ATI > Radeon 9250-based PCI-based card but it's expensive for this > application at $90. > > Looks like it's back to the older xorg-server. > > - Mark >
Am I hosed again? Did updating portage break my machine by removing what I was just using: 1245799356: === Unmerging... (x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r5) 1245799361: >>> unmerge success: x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r5 1245799361: >>> emerge (62 of 64) x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 to / 1245799363: === (62 of 64) Cleaning (x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6::/usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6.ebuild) 1245799363: === (62 of 64) Compiling/Merging (x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6::/usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6.ebuild) 1245800519: === (62 of 64) Merging (x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6::/usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6.ebuild) 1245800527: >>> AUTOCLEAN: x11-base/xorg-server:0 myth12 ~ # ls -a /usr/portage/distfiles/xorg-server-* /usr/portage/distfiles/xorg-server-1.5.3-gentoo-patches-08.tar.bz2 /usr/portage/distfiles/xorg-server-1.5.3.tar.bz2 myth12 ~ # Is xorg-server-1.1.1 completely gone and I'm hosed? I'm not finding it on my my machine. The only variations on that theme seem to be in /var/db/pkg. No tar files, just other programming junk. I absolutely HATE this about portage. Update your machine just thinking about trying a new piece of software and then find you cannot immediately go back. Gentoo was supposed to be about choice. Seems it's not about my choice anymore. Bummer. Maybe I can find this on another machine somewhere. Don't know what to do though. Family gets no MythTV for a few days, or maybe forever? I'm trying to mask things to check this and emerge is really mad at me. - Mark
