Hello,
Ordinarily, I'd just remove the blocking packages and away I'd go
with the 'emerge -uDNv world' command.
However, since glibc(2.4+) , gcc(4.1), xorg-x11 (7.0),
/etc/make.profile and kde-mono to kde-meta have combined, lately, to whip
the snot out of me, I thought I'd post and get suggestions and explainations
on how to upgrade, hopefully avoiding the 2006.1 installation media.
Right now everything is working, but the system wants to upgrade about
( 140 ) packages (emerge -uDNvp world | wc -l) = 140
emerge -uDNvp world:
blocks B ] media-video/nvidia-kernel (is blocking
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774)
[blocks B ] media-video/nvidia-glx (is blocking
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774)
<ship>
lspci:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]
(rev b2)
x11-base/xorg-x11
Available versions: [M]6.8.2-r8 [M]6.9.0-r3 7.0-r1 ~7.1
Installed: 7.0-r1
and a few key lines form xorg.conf:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "VIZIO"
ModelName "VIZIO L32"
HorizSync 31-70
VertRefresh 50-85
DisplaySize 347 195 # display size in mm for DPI autoset
# width = 1366pix / 100pix/in -> 13.66in * 25.4mm/in -> 347 mm
# height = 768pix / 100pix/in -> 7.68 in * 25.4mm/in -> 195 mm
# Option "DPI" "100 x 100" # <---this is place
Mode "1366x768" # vfreq 59.815Hz, hfreq 47.553kHz
DotClock 85.500000
HTimings 1366 1494 1624 1798
VTimings 768 770 776 795
Flags "-HSync" "+VSync"
EndMode
EndSection
Here is what else might be useful info:
from /proc/cpuinfo
model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2400+
gcc-config -l
[1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.6
[2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.6-hardened
[3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.6-hardenednopie
[4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.6-hardenednopiessp
[5] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.6-hardenednossp
[6] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6 *
[7] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardened
[8] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardenednopie
[9] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardenednopiessp
[10] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardenednossp
[11] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.1.1
eix glibc
Installed: 2.4-r3
l /etc/make.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Aug 31 13:23 /etc/make.profile ->
../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0
Can I just remove the blocking packages and 'emerge -uDNv world' ???
--just a little gun shy at the moment.... Yes I have a backup
of /etc/ /boot and /home everything else is replaceable....
suggestions?
James
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