Re: unstable in temporal flux :)

[Tim Folger <timfolger@gmail.com>]

I'm running sid with the 2.16.1 kernel, kde 3.5.2 and xorg 6.9. I would like 
to upgrade to xorg 7.0, but when I tried doing a dist-upgrade with apt this 
morning, apt wanted to remove a lot of kde stuff (see below) so I aborted the 
upgrade. 

The following packages will be REMOVED:
  3ddesktop amarok-engines amarok-xine bittornado-gui brutalchess
  enemylines7 freeglut3 gstreamer0.8-plugins gstreamer0.8-x kaffeine
  kaffeine-gstreamer kaffeine-mozilla kaffeine-xine kcontrol
  kde-amusements kde-core kdeaddons kdeartwork kdebase kdegraphics
  kdesktop kmplayer konq-plugins konqueror kpovmodeler krita
  kscreensaver kwin-baghira lbxproxy libarts1-xine libfltk1.1 libgle3
  libqt0-ruby1.8 libqt4-gui libsmokeqt1 libvisual0.2-plugins
  libwxgtk2.6-0 libxine1 lsb lsb-qt4 mozilla-plugin-vlc
  planetpenguin-racer proxymngr python-wxgtk2.6 tuxracer vimpart vlc
  vlc-plugin-alsa vlc-plugin-svgalib wxvlc xfree86-common xfwp
  xlibmesa-glu xpp xscreensaver-gl xserver-common

Would it be safe to simply install xorg 7 without doing a full dist-upgrade? 

TIA,

Tim






On Sunday 23 April 2006 19:30, Curt Howland wrote:
> On Sunday 23 April 2006 21:07, D. Michael 'Silvan' McIntyre was heard
>
> to say:
> > On Sunday 23 April 2006 8:57 pm, Curt Howland wrote:
> > > I'm pleased that the automatic configuration of xorg is getting
> > > more and more accurate. The only thing I had to was comment out
> > > the
> >
> > Me too, now that you mention it.  That new box I set up a bit ago
> > is the first time I can ever remember Debian's own stuff working
> > correctly.  I used to keep KNOPPIX around just so I could boot it,
> > and then go rip off the config file it came up with.
>
> Hey! I was doing exactly the same thing! Can I claim copyright?
>
> I had to with this gnarly Sony laptop. Nothing else seemed to work but
> Knoppix, with some additions for AGP and such.
>
> > This is a good thing to see.
>
> Indeed.
>
> Unfortunately, the "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" that is
> suggested in order for the altered config to be automatically
> rewritten in the future isn't working. It's saying, "config file
> changed, no overwrite". Well duh, that's the point!
>
> One step at a time, ne?
>
> Oh, and this has nothing to do with KDE. KDE in Debian is working
> great.
>
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