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Wile E. Coyote
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 Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:24 pm Post subject: HOWTO: clean install of X.org and XFree ban |
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forget everything you read about "emerge -i xfree..." or stupid things like this. I switched from XFree to XOrg quite well some month ago but I had a problem when I wanted to "emerge -u --deep world"
Portage wanted to emerge xfree back. To avoid dependencies involving xfree emerging, just follow these instruction  :
1) in /etc/portage/package.keywords add
| Code: | x11-base/xorg-x11 ~x86
x11-terms/xterm ~x86
x11-base/opengl-update ~x86
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2) Kill the XFree server and go to pure console mode
You can close your X session and usr [Ctrl+Alt+F1] to go to the console and then you can kill gdm/xdm. My method isn't maybe the cleaner way to do it, but it works.
| Code: | ps -aux | grep gdm
kill <gdm's pid>
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3) Uninstall Xfree
| Code: | emerge unmerge xfree
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4) in /etc/portage/package.mask add this line
(to mask xfree in the portage tree)
5) emerge X.Org
Go on this pages to find more information about X.Org and its installation/configuration
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=187389&highlight=xorg+howto
You'll need do to some changes to your configuration files
6) in /etc/make.profile/virtuals replace xfree by xorg-x11
(these lines are very important: the dependencies need to be corrected so that X.Org is the X11 server)
| Code: | virtual/xfree x11-base/xorg-x11
virtual/x11 x11-base/xorg-x11
virtual/opengl x11-base/xorg-x11
virtual/glu x11-base/xorg-x11
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7) enjoy 
With these instruction when you try to update deeply the world (!) you won't have xfree dependencies anymore
Most of ebuilds are using virtual/x11 as dependency. So if you have still one ebuild that requires xfree, just correct it 
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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If an ebuild still uses x11-base/xfree rather than virtual/x11, it should be noted as a bug, not "just [corrected]".
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JOS654
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:26 am Post subject: |
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you missed
virtual/xft x11-base/xorg-x11
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Wile E. Coyote
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 4:58 am Post subject: |
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yeah and... to stop the graphic login the simple way is to use
| Code: | /etc/init.d/xdm stop
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I hope this mini tutorial would avoid pain and hours for everybody who want to switch to X.Org
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, that was helpful! Thanks a billion
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Jamon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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You should put/move this to Documentation, Tips & Tricks. It looks nice though, especially for those who don't already use ~x86.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds good... but it seems that /etc/make.profiles/virtuals gets overwritten every once in a while... I'm not sure if it's on every reboot or just when I emerge sync. Are there any ways of getting around this? |
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Wile E. Coyote
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Yes... each emerge sync seems to overwrite /etc/make.profile/virtuals
I think there is a way to define our own virtuals packets, but I still don't know why.... /var/cache/ebd/virtuals contains also virtual definitions... whe should maybe have a look at it.
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cowm00n
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject: File locations seem to be incorrent |
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In the current Gentoo tree, the package mask file doesn't seem to be in /etc/portage. Instead:
| Code: | $ locate package.mask
/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask
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I added
to this file and performed the other outlined procedures and that seemed to take care of things. |
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Malakai
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| Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: File locations seem to be incorrent |
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| cowm00n wrote: | In the current Gentoo tree, the package mask file doesn't seem to be in /etc/portage. Instead:
| Code: | $ locate package.mask
/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask
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I added
to this file and performed the other outlined procedures and that seemed to take care of things. |
This is correct, however you should never modify those files.
To unmask something, create a file in /etc/portage/ called package.unmask (filename may be incorrect) with the app-arch/prog_name-version_number setup.
To make programs ~x86 by default, don't mess with any /usr/portage/ stuff either, create /etc/portage/package.keywords and do it from there. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Any remedy to the virtuals file getting overwritten on each rsync? Its really starting to piss me off now. I'd rather go back to xfree than suffer this. |
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| Quote: | ps -aux | grep gdm
kill <gdm's pid> |
ps -aux | grep gmd | xargs kill -9 ?? All in one line  !
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Mongrol wrote: | | Any remedy to the virtuals file getting overwritten on each rsync? Its really starting to piss me off now. I'd rather go back to xfree than suffer this. |
Try pointing /etc/make.profile to /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2 which contains a virtuals file that has the xorg-x11 (and not xfree). |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| gnuageux wrote: | | Quote: | ps -aux | grep gdm
kill <gdm's pid> |
ps -aux | grep gmd | xargs kill -9 ?? All in one line ! |
Also one line:
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| cerebus_k wrote: | | Mongrol wrote: | | Any remedy to the virtuals file getting overwritten on each rsync? Its really starting to piss me off now. I'd rather go back to xfree than suffer this. |
Try pointing /etc/make.profile to /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2 which contains a virtuals file that has the xorg-x11 (and not xfree). |
Has this been tested? If the virtuals gets overwritten every rsync, whats to stop it doing it to the linked files as well? |
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Mongrol
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| aha, it works. I learn something new! |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think the /etc/make.profile symlink gets overwritten during each rsync (correct me if I'm wrong, but it wouldn't make much sense). In this case only the location where it points to is, which doesn't matter much cuz the 2004.2 virtuals don't use xfree by default. |
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The_Fang
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How do I point /etc/make.profiles to /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2?
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How do I point /etc/make.profiles to /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2?
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| Quote: | The_Fang
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:54 am Post subject:
How do I point /etc/make.profiles to /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2? |
ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2 /etc/make.profiles
man 'ln' to double check.. (thats LN in small letters)
QUESTION:
Do you have to all or any of the above (in the How-To) when you change to xorg if you change your make.profile??
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jbmagic
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:57 am Post subject: |
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ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2 /etc/make.profiles
it should be profile not profiles at end
correct way is
ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2 /etc/make.profile |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:21 am Post subject: |
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this is a bit OT but i didnt want to make a new thread.
when xorg finished emerging, there was all sorts ofy useful text displayed on the console (green gentoo text) that told me about how to set up glide, cursors, etc. but the emerge continued and i couldn't read it all. How can I call up that text again?
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The_Fang
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the help.
I am sorry for the double post.
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| Mongrol wrote: | | cerebus_k wrote: | | Mongrol wrote: | | Any remedy to the virtuals file getting overwritten on each rsync? Its really starting to piss me off now. I'd rather go back to xfree than suffer this. |
Try pointing /etc/make.profile to /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.2 which contains a virtuals file that has the xorg-x11 (and not xfree). |
Has this been tested? If the virtuals gets overwritten every rsync, whats to stop it doing it to the linked files as well? |
read this post if you REALLY want to do this... But read the posts of the devs to!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:38 am Post subject: |
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| BennyP wrote: | this is a bit OT but i didnt want to make a new thread.
when xorg finished emerging, there was all sorts ofy useful text displayed on the console (green gentoo text) that told me about how to set up glide, cursors, etc. but the emerge continued and i couldn't read it all. How can I call up that text again? |
Read the file /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-x11/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1.ebuild. There is a section named print_info at the end of the file. |
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