How to Upgrade to Modular Xorg in Gentoo

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Unmask Xorg 7.0 Copy and paste the whole Modularized X section from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask to /etc/portage/package.unmask and /etc/portage/package.keywords This section starts with:# Donnie Berkholz <[email protected]> (07 Aug 2005) # Modularized X

   This stage is really quite simple: emerge
   -Ca xorg-x11 rm
   -rf /usr/lib/modules rm
   -rf /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11 rm
   -rf /usr/lib/libGL* Note:
   Make sure /usr/X11R6 is symlink to ../usr.
   
   If it isn't, delete that directory and create symlink. , To see what flags are available, run emerge
   -pv xorg-x11.
   
   On a typical machine an ati graphics card, it might look like this:
   VIDEO_CARDS="ati fglrx" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard" If you have an ati card, make sure that you have dri added as a USE flag.
   
   Emerge it! emerge
   -av xorg-x11 Run etc-update (with sudo).
   
   If you have an ati card with 3D acceleration (i.e. you're using fglrx), then emerge ati-drivers afterwards.
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   Step 2: upstream release candidates Additionally

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   Step 3: add the following lines to both files: sys-apps/portage sys-apps/man app-admin/eselect-opengl app-admin/eselect media-video/nvidia-kernel media-video/nvidia-glx ;

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   Step 4: Uninstall your old Xorg Warning: If you're currently running X on this machine

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   Step 5: it will continue to run until you close it or shut down the computer

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   Step 6: but after uninstalling it

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   Step 7: it may become very unstable

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   Step 8: with applications unexpectedly crashing

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   Step 9: or being unable to open.

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    Step 10: Emerge X.org 7 First

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    Step 11: you should set the appropriate VIDEO_CARDS and INPUT_DEVICES flags in make.conf.

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