$ aptitude show xserver-xorg-video-all | grep -A 21 Depends Depends: xserver-xorg-video-apm, xserver-xorg-video-ark, xserver-xorg-video-ati, xserver-xorg-video-chips, xserver-xorg-video-cirrus, xserver-xorg-video-fbdev, xserver-xorg-video-i128, xserver-xorg-video-i740, xserver-xorg-video-intel, xserver-xorg-video-mga, xserver-xorg-video-neomagic, xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, xserver-xorg-video-openchrome, xserver-xorg-video-rendition, xserver-xorg-video-s3, xserver-xorg-video-s3virge, xserver-xorg-video-savage, xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion, xserver-xorg-video-sis, xserver-xorg-video-sisusb, xserver-xorg-video-tdfx, xserver-xorg-video-trident, xserver-xorg-video-tseng, xserver-xorg-video-vesa, xserver-xorg-video-voodoo, xserver-xorg-video-vmware Recommends: xserver-xorg-video-geode Conflicts: xserver-xorg-driver-all Replaces: xserver-xorg-driver-all Description: X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage This package depends on the full suite of output drivers for the X.Org X server (Xorg). It does not provide any drivers itself, and may be removed if you wish to only have certain drivers installed.
Following the description advise from above, I tried to install the particular xserver-xorg-video that matches my hardware, and purge xserver-xorg-video-all. Purging xserver-xorg-video-all tries to remove lot of packages. Because of the following dependency: $ aptitude show task-desktop | grep -A1 Depends Depends: tasksel, xorg, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all, desktop-base, menu Is craeting an equivs xserver-xorg-video-all package feasible, and most simple solution? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130602004505.ga16...@nt1.in