Bug#366695: xserver-xorg-video-i810: Depends on unavailable xserver-xorg-core on etch.
> Remove the individual i810 driver package,
it wouldn't install, so that was be a no-op !
> the xserver-xorg package in testing includes the driver you want.
when I dpkg-reconfigure it, it starts by asking whether I want to let
it autodetect: and says that it can't recognize what it finds.
> If it doesn't support your card, then use the vesa driver
duly configured to do so. This initially failed, for want of the X
and then xrdb binaries in /usr/bin; they're in /usr/bin/X11/ (and dpkg
-S doesn't know of a package that owns X), so I hard-linked them and
my X server starts up fine. That sufficed to get xdm started (yay),
though I notice it starts about seven processes, each with parent PID
1, each allegedly running the xdm binary. Odd, but working - thank
you for your guidance.
> Second, the xdm bug is an actual bug in the dependencies that will only
> affect testing until the rest of X11R7 migrates. For that you'll just have
> to be patient. Use an alternate *dm or just use startx for the time being.
or cope with some bodgery (see above).
> We're working hard on getting all the pieces in to testing,
I'd noticed - lots of interesting change has been going on when I update.
Good luck getting it all to work.
> for now every part of the 6.9 release except for xdm will work just
> as it always has.
OK, I'll remember to treat xdm with care,
Eddy.
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