On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:32:49PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > Package: xorg > > Version: 1:7.1.0-9 > > Severity: critical > > Justification: startup fails
> > I just dist-upgraded from woody to etch. When I tried to start X, I got: > > failed to load module kbd > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg did not help at all. Manually installing the > > needed drivers for my system (xserver-xorg-video-i810 and > > xserver-xorg-input-kbd) and *then* running dpkg-reconfigure helped. > OK, I just reproduced this: > on upgrade from sarge + xorg 6.9 backport (didn't try with plain sarge), > based on Olaf's installed package list, aptitude pulls in > xserver-xorg-input-acecad and fglrx-driver instead of > xserver-xorg-input-all and xserver-xorg-video-all :( > This system also had a backported apt and aptitude, so that might play a > role here. > But if I add "deb http://people.debian.org/~jcristau/xorg/ ./" to > sources.list, the metapackages are pulled in (these packages are built > with the change I made to the repo, which is to readd the metapackages > alternatives to the depends). > My understanding is that aptitude doesn't pull in recommends when > upgrading a package (here xserver-xorg), which would explain why the > upgrade from backports breaks. Also, it would seem that etch's (and > backport.org's) aptitude only pulls in one package to satisfy a virtual > dependency, while my earlier testing suggested that sarge's aptitude > pulled in all drivers. So what should be done with this bug? Should it be merged with bug #405639? Do you think it needs to be treated as RC independently of bug #405639? (FWIW, I don't; smooth upgrades from unofficial backports are absolutely not RC in my book.) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
