Should I let aptitude remove xserver-org-input-* and xserver-org-video-* packages?
I am on Lenny and I am doing aptitude update, aptitude dist-upgrade (dist-upgrade to lenny itself to make it more uptodate and get the newer kernel also). I did not go ahead with it because it wants to remove a lot of xserver-org-input-* and xserver-org-video-* packages. I have included the complete aptitude dist-upgrade below. Please tell me why it wants to remove all those xserver-org-* stuff. Are they really not required? Is there anything else replacing them? Removing them would do no harm to my GUI? # uname -a Linux mylappy 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux # cat /etc/debian_version lenny/sid # aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages are BROKEN: xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-i810 The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: cups-pdf gmobilemedia libasyncns0 libflac7 libgammu2 libpostproc0d libpulse0 The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: avahi-utils bsd-mailx epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko gdebi-core ghostscript gimp-gnomevfs libavformat1d libcdio7 libebml0 libexempi3 libfaad0 libgammu3 libgs8 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libiso9660-5 libmatroska0 libnss-mdns libopal-2.2 libpam-gnome-keyring libpixman-1-0 libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libx86-1 libxine1-console libxine1-gnome libxine1-misc-plugins libxine1-plugins libxine1-x linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 psfontmgr python-gtksourceview2 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: gs-common gs-esp libopal-2.2.0 xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv 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-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following NEW packages will be installed: avahi-utils bsd-mailx epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko gdebi-core ghostscript gimp-gnomevfs libavformat1d libcdio7 libebml0 libexempi3 libfaad0 libgammu3 libgs8 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libiso9660-5 libmatroska0 libnss-mdns libopal-2.2 libpam-gnome-keyring libpixman-1-0 libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libx86-1 libxine1-console libxine1-gnome libxine1-misc-plugins libxine1-plugins libxine1-x linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 psfontmgr python-gtksourceview2 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra The following packages will be REMOVED: gs-common gs-esp libopal-2.2.0 xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv 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-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following packages will be upgraded: alsa-tools antlr apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-prefork-dev apache2-utils apache2.2-common avahi-daemon base-files base-passwd bc bind9-host binutils bluez-utils bug-buddy courier-base courier-maildrop courier-mta cpio cpp-4.2 cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common dc debconf debconf-i18n debhelper debianutils deskbar-applet desktop-base
Re: Should I let aptitude remove xserver-org-input-* and xserver-org-video-* packages?
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 11:57:32PM +0530, Amogh Hooshdar wrote: I am on Lenny and I am doing aptitude update, aptitude dist-upgrade (dist-upgrade to lenny itself to make it more uptodate and get the newer kernel also). I did not go ahead with it because it wants to remove a lot of xserver-org-input-* and xserver-org-video-* packages. I have included the complete aptitude dist-upgrade below. Please tell me why it wants to remove all those xserver-org-* stuff. Are they really not required? Is there anything else replacing them? Removing them would do no harm to my GUI? [snip aptitude output] You really need only one video package, the one for your video card, and xserver-xorg-input-kbd and xserver-xorg-input-mouse. But your situation doesn't look very good. Maybe there is some transition going in testing so you should wait for a day or two. And you also have some problems with the signatures. Do you have debian-archive-keyring installed? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Should I let aptitude remove xserver-org-input-* and xserver-org-video-* packages?
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 11:57:32PM +0530, Amogh Hooshdar [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: I am on Lenny and I am doing aptitude update, aptitude dist-upgrade (dist-upgrade to lenny itself to make it more uptodate and get the newer kernel also). I did not go ahead with it because it wants to remove a lot of xserver-org-input-* and xserver-org-video-* packages. I have included the complete aptitude dist-upgrade below. Please tell me why it wants to remove all those xserver-org-* stuff. Are they really not required? Is there anything else replacing them? Removing them would do no harm to my GUI? You probably shouldn't go ahead; it looks like aptitude is removing all or most of your video drivers. Could you post the output of aptitude -D dist-upgrade so we can maybe see why it thinks those need to be removed? Normally packages that are removed up-front before dependency resolution are removed because of conflicts, but no packages conflict with xserver-xorg-video-intel that I can see. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
