[SOLVED]xorg && nvidia failure

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

somehow thats what was installed when they were merged??? not sure, i found where someone had the same issure, and the symlink worked just fine. i used the 2007 minimal cd, the traditional way. im a traditional man my self. i dont like the gtk installer cause it reminds me too much of windows. well, when i linked gsed and gfind, i got the nvidia-drivers.run file to install the nvidia driver just fine. however, when i tried "eselect opengl list" it was still only 1 selection the xorg interface. i tested out "Xorg -configure" and it worked just fine. but i still have the same problem trying to emerge the nvidia-drivers it fails with the same exact error. so how do i tell it to use amd64 when i emerge it?
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ali3nx · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject:

unfortunately unless you use emerge to install nvidia-drivers gentoo's utils for managing opengl implimentations will not be aware you've even installed nvidia opengl. as for why your receiving errors about needing to select "amd64" thats generally implied by the installed stage you used to start your base install. Without having a lot of hands on information to go on i'm thinking there's a possibility of your install needing repairs in other areas.

My first install really took many attempts to get working to the point where I didn't have any major contributing borkage complicating the rest of the system's functionality. After over 1000 installs on most of the major arches i could do 15 at a time but run into one issue and ignore it the problems will just escalate. It's still never fun when an install doesn't work out as planned but it would seem yours has a host of underlying problems that need to be addressed before moving onto the desktop install and config. The issues with core system packages being either broken or missing would have me reinstalling in short order if your not too far into the process

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

i went from a stage 3 cause i can find documentation on how to go from a stage 1, which i would rather, but.

i looked through the ebuild, and at line 49 it says "if x86 then" "if amd64 then" "if x86fbsd then" and that tells me that it doesnt know which package to build? i mean thats what i get from that. no?
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ali3nx · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

There has been a lingering bug with various versions of bash that have created complications with some ebuilds not working. I hadn't really looked at your emerge --info close enough to notice but i'll check again. When you menton you used the stage3 which stage3 was it? 2007.0? 2008.0? the revisioning of releases and ensuring you've used the most recent install media and stages when installing a fresh install can make the difference between success or frustration

ali3nx · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject:

yes you have the broken bash version thats causing issues for some other users. If you did install using 2007.0 stage3 the hassles of updating it will be greatly increased over just starting over using the 2008.0 release. if you feel thats not nessecary it's certainly your prerogative but there's gonna be a lot of broken junk to fix if you try to update a 2007.0 stage to current specs. Trying to emerge bash may fix the issues with ebuilds not working but if sed is missing or anything else required to compile source it's all for nothing.

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

well i used all the latest updated stuff from 2008. so should i update or downgrade?
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ali3nx · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

the 2008.0 stages should naturally offer the path of least resistance to getting everything working. it seems you've run across a few gremlins trying to create dissent and frustration for you this week unfortunately hehe

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

well, every installation ive done, ive run across something new, but thats to be expected. and its not like i cant fix it, un like microshit. almost done emerging kde, will work on the emerge of the nvidia drivers after that is done.
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

please check your profile : i do have an arch/amd64/no-multilib here, but not an arch/amd/no-multilib

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

it is arch/amd64
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

ali3nx · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:51 am Post subject:

good eye krinn... no multilib = good luck with most 32bit library support. if i'm not mistaken nvidia binary drivers require multilib

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

was a typo on my part
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ali3nx · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:00 am Post subject:

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

i typed that in the post, i was using another machine while i was without the beauty ok kde. so here is a copy and paste of my emerge --info

ali3nx · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:35 am Post subject:

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but you should have chosen the profile that included multilib by default if your intentions were to use nvidia drivers. as it stands since you've progressed so far installing everything without multilib the only method to fix it and change profiles while preserving any form of sanity is reinstall hehe. switching between multilib and non multlib profiles usually will break a LOT of packages and toolchain often refuses to rebuild. it appears you either symlinked the profile your currently using by hand (that profile doesn't exist anyways) and if it's no-multilib the same issue still stands. mass borkage not usable for an amd64 desktop. also since the 'absent' profile has been selected who knows what else isn't working properly or hasn't installed correctly. unless your using a 3rd party distro built around gentoo's base system. the portage profile you've been using doesn't exist on any of the systems i currently own

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

I don't know for multilib... if you will get issue, your main issue here is that gentoo cannot determine your arch for a reason, just find the reason & you'll be fine (well maybe)

Do your kernel in use point to /usr/src/linux ? (or at least do you have that symlink & kernel source)
try eselect kernel list

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

yes it does, learned that a long time ago. but ali3nx got it right. i wiped again, and started over, this time choosing the 2008 nomiltilib profile, and everything worked out just fine, not one problem during this last install

appreciate all of your help on this matter. will remember this for next time

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ali3nx · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:04 am Post subject:

glad to hear it's working for you. I just hope you ~did not~ use the no-multilib profile. also i cant stress this enough. always use eselect to set your portage profile. eselect will always set the symlink correctly. humanoids often make mistakes

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

yeah i did a no-multilib profile, and its working just great.
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ali3nx · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:27 am Post subject:

as long as you understand the results it has a purpose. the results of that profile include no 32bit libraries.