I am on Lenny and I am doing aptitude update, aptitude dist-upgrade (dist-upgrade to lenny itself to make it more uptodate and get the newer kernel also).
I did not go ahead with it because it wants to remove a lot of xserver-org-input-* and xserver-org-video-* packages. I have included the complete aptitude dist-upgrade below. Please tell me why it wants to remove all those xserver-org-* stuff. Are they really not required? Is there anything else replacing them? Removing them would do no harm to my GUI? # uname -a Linux mylappy 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux # cat /etc/debian_version lenny/sid # aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages are BROKEN: xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-i810 The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: cups-pdf gmobilemedia libasyncns0 libflac7 libgammu2 libpostproc0d libpulse0 The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: avahi-utils bsd-mailx epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko gdebi-core ghostscript gimp-gnomevfs libavformat1d libcdio7 libebml0 libexempi3 libfaad0 libgammu3 libgs8 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libiso9660-5 libmatroska0 libnss-mdns libopal-2.2 libpam-gnome-keyring libpixman-1-0 libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libx86-1 libxine1-console libxine1-gnome libxine1-misc-plugins libxine1-plugins libxine1-x linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 psfontmgr python-gtksourceview2 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: gs-common gs-esp libopal-2.2.0 xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following NEW packages will be installed: avahi-utils bsd-mailx epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko gdebi-core ghostscript gimp-gnomevfs libavformat1d libcdio7 libebml0 libexempi3 libfaad0 libgammu3 libgs8 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libiso9660-5 libmatroska0 libnss-mdns libopal-2.2 libpam-gnome-keyring libpixman-1-0 libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libx86-1 libxine1-console libxine1-gnome libxine1-misc-plugins libxine1-plugins libxine1-x linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 psfontmgr python-gtksourceview2 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra The following packages will be REMOVED: gs-common gs-esp libopal-2.2.0 xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following packages will be upgraded: alsa-tools antlr apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-prefork-dev apache2-utils apache2.2-common avahi-daemon base-files base-passwd bc bind9-host binutils bluez-utils bug-buddy courier-base courier-maildrop courier-mta cpio cpp-4.2 cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common dc debconf debconf-i18n debhelper debianutils deskbar-applet desktop-base desktop-file-utils dictionaries-common dnsutils doc-base doc-linux-text dvipdfmx ekiga emacs emacs22 emacs22-bin-common emacs22-common eog epiphany-browser evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common file-roller findutils freeglut3 fuse-utils g++-4.2 gammu gcc-4.2 gcc-4.2-base gconf-editor gdebi gedit gedit-common gimp gimp-data git-core git-gui gitweb gksu gnome-about gnome-desktop-data gnome-keyring gnome-media gnome-media-common gnome-menus gnome-nettool gnome-terminal gnome-terminal-data gnome-themes gparted grdesktop gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-esd gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-x gucharmap hostname icedove info initramfs-tools iso-codes java-common john kaffe kaffe-common kaffe-pthreads kile klibc-utils konsole libaa1 libapache2-mod-php5 libasound2 libaudio2 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-compat-howl0 libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-core5 libavahi-glib1 libavahi-qt3-1 libbind9-30 libbluetooth2 libcamel1.2-10 libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserver1.2-9 libedataserverui1.2-8 libegroupwise1.2-13 liberror-perl libevent1 libffi4 libfile-remove-perl libfuse2 libgail-common libgail18 libgammu-common libgcc1 libgconfmm-2.6-1c2 libgimp2.0 libgl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglademm-2.4-1c2a libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome-media0 libgnome-menu2 libgnome-vfsmm-2.6-1c2a libgnomecanvasmm-2.6-1c2a libgnomemm-2.6-1c2 libgnomeuimm-2.6-1c2a libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-bin libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-extra libgomp1 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgsm1 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libgstreamer0.10-0 libgucharmap6 libhsqldb-java libicu36 libio-stringy-perl libklibc liblcms1 libltdl3 liblwres30 libmail-box-perl libmetacity0 libmime-types-perl libmozjs0d libncurses5 libncursesw5 libnspr4-0d libopencdk10 libpcap0.8 libpisock9 libpisync0 libpq-dev libpq5 libpt-1.10.0 libpt-plugins-alsa libpt-plugins-v4l libscrollkeeper0 libsilc-1.1-2 libsmbclient libsoup2.2-8 libssl-dev libssl0.9.8 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.2-dev libtasn1-3 libtasn1-3-bin libtheora0 libusb-0.1-4 libvcdinfo0 libvisual-0.4-0 libvlc0 libvte-common libvte9 libwps-0.1-1 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-xv0 libxcb1 libxcomposite-dev libxcomposite1 libxine1 libxine1-doc libxine1-ffmpeg libxml2 libxml2-dev libxml2-utils libxul-common libxul0d linux-image-2.6-486 linux-libc-dev mailx man-db manpages manpages-dev mesa-common-dev metacity metacity-common msttcorefonts mutt nasm ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term net-tools nfs-common nmap openssl php5-cli php5-common python-gammu python-glade2 python-gmenu python-gobject python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-vte scrollkeeper sed sound-juicer sqwebmail sudo sun-java5-bin sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin tasksel tasksel-data tcpdump tex-common texinfo traceroute tshark ttf-dejavu type-handling tzdata ucf usbutils vbetool vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-esd wammu wireshark wireshark-common wxvlc x11proto-gl-dev xine-ui xserver-xorg-core xulrunner-gnome-support zenity zlib1g zlib1g-dev The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: arj debconf-utils fam foomatic-filters git-doc gitk kdvi kghostview libglib2.0-data libvisual-0.4-plugins lzop p7zip p7zip-full python-beagle python-bluez python-soappy rsync smbclient timidity unace videolan-doc x-ttcidfont-conf 279 packages upgraded, 36 newly installed, 50 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 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The following packages have unmet dependencies: xserver-xorg-video-all: Depends: xserver-xorg-video-apm but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-ark but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-ati but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-chips but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-cirrus but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-cyrix but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-dummy but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-fbdev but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-glint but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-i128 but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-i740 but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-imstt but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-mga but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-neomagic but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-newport but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nsc but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nv but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-rendition but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-s3 but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-s3virge but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-savage but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-sis but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-sisusb but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-tdfx but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-tga but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-trident but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-tseng but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vesa but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vga but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-via but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-voodoo but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vmware but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-video-v4l but it is not installable xserver-xorg-input-all: Depends: xserver-xorg-input-evdev but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-input-kbd but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-input-mouse but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics but it is not installable Depends: xserver-xorg-input-wacom but it is not installable xserver-xorg-video-i810: Depends: xserver-xorg-video-intel but it is not installable Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all Keep the following packages at their current version: xserver-xorg-core [2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12lenny1 (<NULL>, now)] xserver-xorg-input-kbd [1:1.2.0-1+1.2.1 (testing, now)] xserver-xorg-video-intel [2:2.1.0-2 (testing, now)] Leave the following dependencies unresolved: xserver-xorg recommends xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg recommends xserver-xorg-input-all Score is -60 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed! Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security. You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that this is what you want to do. gstreamer0.10-alsa ttf-dejavu-core emacs apache2-utils gstreamer0.10-x debhelper gammu libglib2.0-dev libicu36 ttf-dejavu-extra type-handling linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 gimp-gnomevfs doc-linux-text libnspr4-0d emacs22-bin-common linux-libc-dev emacs22-common apache2-mpm-prefork libgammu-common libsmbclient libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libgammu3 apache2.2-common libpt-plugins-v4l libasound2 libwps-0.1-1 gimp libgimp2.0 ttf-dejavu libglib2.0-0 libpt-plugins-alsa emacs22 libhsqldb-java gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gimp-data gstreamer0.10-plugins-base libpt-1.10.0 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libglademm-2.4-1c2a apache2-prefork-dev Do you want to ignore this warning and proceed anyway? To continue, enter "Yes"; to abort, enter "No": Yes The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: cups-pdf gmobilemedia libasyncns0 libflac7 libgammu2 libpostproc0d libpulse0 The following packages have been automatically kept back: xserver-xorg-core The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: avahi-utils bsd-mailx epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko gdebi-core ghostscript gimp-gnomevfs libavformat1d libcdio7 libebml0 libexempi3 libfaad0 libgammu3 libgs8 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libiso9660-5 libmatroska0 libnss-mdns libopal-2.2 libpam-gnome-keyring libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libx86-1 libxine1-console libxine1-gnome libxine1-misc-plugins libxine1-plugins libxine1-x linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 psfontmgr python-gtksourceview2 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: gs-common gs-esp libopal-2.2.0 xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following NEW packages will be installed: avahi-utils bsd-mailx epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko gdebi-core ghostscript gimp-gnomevfs libavformat1d libcdio7 libebml0 libexempi3 libfaad0 libgammu3 libgs8 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libiso9660-5 libmatroska0 libnss-mdns libopal-2.2 libpam-gnome-keyring libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libx86-1 libxine1-console libxine1-gnome libxine1-misc-plugins libxine1-plugins libxine1-x linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 psfontmgr python-gtksourceview2 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra The following packages will be REMOVED: gs-common gs-esp libopal-2.2.0 xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following packages will be upgraded: alsa-tools antlr apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-prefork-dev apache2-utils apache2.2-common avahi-daemon base-files base-passwd bc bind9-host binutils bluez-utils bug-buddy courier-base courier-maildrop courier-mta cpio cpp-4.2 cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common dc debconf debconf-i18n debhelper debianutils deskbar-applet desktop-base desktop-file-utils dictionaries-common dnsutils doc-base doc-linux-text dvipdfmx ekiga emacs emacs22 emacs22-bin-common emacs22-common eog epiphany-browser evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common file-roller findutils freeglut3 fuse-utils g++-4.2 gammu gcc-4.2 gcc-4.2-base gconf-editor gdebi gedit gedit-common gimp gimp-data git-core git-gui gitweb gksu gnome-about gnome-desktop-data gnome-keyring gnome-media gnome-media-common gnome-menus gnome-nettool gnome-terminal gnome-terminal-data gnome-themes gparted grdesktop gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-esd gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-x gucharmap hostname icedove info initramfs-tools iso-codes java-common john kaffe kaffe-common kaffe-pthreads kile klibc-utils konsole libaa1 libapache2-mod-php5 libasound2 libaudio2 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-compat-howl0 libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-core5 libavahi-glib1 libavahi-qt3-1 libbind9-30 libbluetooth2 libcamel1.2-10 libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserver1.2-9 libedataserverui1.2-8 libegroupwise1.2-13 liberror-perl libevent1 libffi4 libfile-remove-perl libfuse2 libgail-common libgail18 libgammu-common libgcc1 libgconfmm-2.6-1c2 libgimp2.0 libgl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglademm-2.4-1c2a libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome-media0 libgnome-menu2 libgnome-vfsmm-2.6-1c2a libgnomecanvasmm-2.6-1c2a libgnomemm-2.6-1c2 libgnomeuimm-2.6-1c2a libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-bin libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-extra libgomp1 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgsm1 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libgstreamer0.10-0 libgucharmap6 libhsqldb-java libicu36 libio-stringy-perl libklibc liblcms1 libltdl3 liblwres30 libmail-box-perl libmetacity0 libmime-types-perl libmozjs0d libncurses5 libncursesw5 libnspr4-0d libopencdk10 libpcap0.8 libpisock9 libpisync0 libpq-dev libpq5 libpt-1.10.0 libpt-plugins-alsa libpt-plugins-v4l libscrollkeeper0 libsilc-1.1-2 libsmbclient libsoup2.2-8 libssl-dev libssl0.9.8 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.2-dev libtasn1-3 libtasn1-3-bin libtheora0 libusb-0.1-4 libvcdinfo0 libvisual-0.4-0 libvlc0 libvte-common libvte9 libwps-0.1-1 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-xv0 libxcb1 libxcomposite-dev libxcomposite1 libxine1 libxine1-doc libxine1-ffmpeg libxml2 libxml2-dev libxml2-utils libxul-common libxul0d linux-image-2.6-486 linux-libc-dev mailx man-db manpages manpages-dev mesa-common-dev metacity metacity-common msttcorefonts mutt nasm ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term net-tools nfs-common nmap openssl php5-cli php5-common python-gammu python-glade2 python-gmenu python-gobject python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-vte scrollkeeper sed sound-juicer sqwebmail sudo sun-java5-bin sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin tasksel tasksel-data tcpdump tex-common texinfo traceroute tshark ttf-dejavu type-handling tzdata ucf usbutils vbetool vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-esd wammu wireshark wireshark-common wxvlc x11proto-gl-dev xine-ui xulrunner-gnome-support zenity zlib1g zlib1g-dev The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: arj debconf-utils fam foomatic-filters git-doc gitk kdvi kghostview libglib2.0-data libvisual-0.4-plugins lzop p7zip p7zip-full python-beagle python-bluez python-soappy rsync smbclient timidity unace videolan-doc x-ttcidfont-conf 278 packages upgraded, 35 newly installed, 50 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 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