Bug#450584: xserver-xorg: This package forces all video drivers, pointless on laptops
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:15:35PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote:
> I have a laptop, so I don't want to have every video driver
> on it. The card won't change.
>
> But xserver-xorg depends on xserver-xorg-video-all which
> brings in all drivers. The obvious solution is to
> get rid of xserver-xorg, but this is "strongly discouraged"
> according to "apt-cache show xserver-xorg".
To follow up, the server depends on xserver-xorg-all |
xserver-xorg-video(-2). Any packaged driver from Debian will fulfill the
latter requirement, allowing you to install the server with just a single
driver. The -all package is the default though to ensure that everyone has
the right driver if we can provide it. If you want to work on getting just
the individual driver necessary for the machine installed, it's something
I'm interested in working on, so feel free to help out there if this is
something you want to see happen.
- David Nusinow
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