Re: what package to install a *working* X?
Silvan wrote:
Once upon a time, on Woody, all I had to do was apt-get install konqueror, and
that pulled in X, kdelibs, etc.
I've installed Sid a few different times lately (last few months), and I've
always had problems getting X. apt-get install kde pulls in xfree86-common,
I think, but there's no X, no xinit, no xterm, etc.
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Shouldn't there be one package, or one metapackage that installs a complete,
working X server with all the support apps, all the screen fonts, etc.
requires to make the thing useful? If so, WTF is it?
apt-get install x-window-system
And why doesn't
installing konqueror or just any graphical application depend on the
installation of a working X server anymore?
Because sometimes you might want to server konqueror to a thin-ish
client, without having X on the server.
That hasn't been the case in
months, and it seems completely broken and wrong-headed to me. What good is
konqueror if you can't run it? Is there some way to run konqueror without an
X server?
Sure; have a server machine, without X, that has konqueror on it. Have a
client machine that has a minimal X setup, and then pull konqueror, et
al, from the server.
How about kdm?
I'm not sure, but I believe kdm can also be run on remote client
machines without having the X server running on the server machine.
--
Kent
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