On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:28:12 +0000 (UTC), James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Jesús Guerrero <i92guboj <at> terra.es> writes: > > >> You can't since you want to use ati-driver/fglrx. The fglrx is not part >> of >> the kernel, it's only shipped in the form of a binary-only closed source >> kernel module. fglrx doesn't need (and most likely will fail as you see) >> the in-kernel radeon drm driver. So, either disable radeon AND drm in >> your >> kernel, or build them as modules and make sure that they are not loaded >> before you try to load fglrx. > > > As usually Volker was right. Thanks for this explanation.... > With a mixture of open sourced and ati-driver systems, > sometimes I get confused...... or careless. > > > One final question. When I run this command: > emerge -1 $(qlist -I x11-drivers) > > I get this error: > 'x11-drivers/ati-drivers' is not a valid package atom > Please check ebuild(5) for full details. > > > yet 'emerge x11-drivers/ati-drivers' > works fine as a one line command.... > > > Is this a bug? My bad (syntax)?
Probably the colors screwing everything, as always. Try searching the qlist man page for something like --nocolor or --color=never. -- Jesús Guerrero
