xserver-xorg is a metapackage, meant to get X working (on any computer)jjmac wrote:Hello all,
Firstly, sorry about the anal tone of my last post (above) .
It sounds kind of wierd to me on reading it back (grin).
In any case ...
dbbolton wrote:Yes, 'xserver-xorg-video-all' is a right pain ... But that's X for you. Such as ...>>
Usually I just install the driver for my video card and utils, and let apt drag in the dependencies. One of those meta-packages depends on the exceptionally ugly meta-package xserver-xorg-video-all, and I absolutely don't want that. Same thing with input: only need kbd, mouse, and evdev.
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'xserver-xorg-video-all' says that it can be removed, but 'xserver-xorg' has it listed as a dependency.
One way to get around those things is by creating a customised meta package with out all the cruft. But including things that may be useful.
It depends on xserver-xorg-video-all, or a virtual package that every X driver provides.
The minimum is xinit and an X server (xserver-xorg-core or xserver-xfbdev), with xserver-xorg-core needing at least evdev and a video driver. evdev can handle mouse and keyboard, if I recall correctly; xfbdev doesn't need drivers, besides a working kernel framebuffer (which isn't always available...)
Besides that you'll need at least one client, preferably a window manager and terminal.
I have set X up like this, from a bare minimum install.