Re: minimal X.org xserver installation on Debian Wheezy
On 2014-05-11 11:43 +0200, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 11 May 2014 at 00:29:55 +0000, Martin T wrote:
>
>> I installed Debian Wheezy with no desktop environment as I would like
>> to use lightweight dwm window manager instead. However, as a first
>> step, I need to install xserver. I would like to install minimal
>> components needed for running the xserver. What are the exact
>> components(binaries, libraries, configuration files, etc) needed to
>> run xserver? Obviously xinit(starts X server session), but what else?
>> Or are the components needed for running xserver so scattered that
>> practically one needs to install xserver-xorg package which will
>> handle all the dependencies needed?
>
> If my notes are accurate ; from the last time I did it:
>
> xinit
> xserver-org
> xserver-xorg-input-kbd
> xserver-xorg-input-mouse
Those are obsoleted by xserver-xorg-input-evdev.
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> xserver-xorg-video-ati
>
> I'm fairly sure I installed the Recommends:. You may need to have
> different video packages.
I would also install the -vesa and -fbdev packages in case there are
problems with the native driver.
Cheers,
Sven
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