-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/11/08 00:24, Rich Healey wrote: > But wouldn't that also remove every X application i haven't built from > source as well, due to dependencies?
If it's just the xserver-xorg*, then, "no". Didn't you see the simulated purge that only removed a bunch of drivers? > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/10/08 23:54, Rich Healey wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> On 03/10/08 19:37, Rich Healey wrote: >>>>> Last night while bored and reading this list I saw that many use the >>>>> unstable version of Xorg on testing systems, and so I decided to do this >>>>> as well. >>>>> Works fine, well in fact, except that if i try to resize a VM in >>>>> VirtualBox it mangles my display, both builtin and external (asus M6a >>>>> laptop) go spastic and keyboard dies, no amount of ctrl + alt (delete or >>>>> backsapce) can elicit a response, and acpi shutdown doesn't work. >>>>> For now i'm using my vm at low resolution, but is there a way to go back >>>>> to the lenny xorg? i'm thinking about forcing dpkg to remove all the >>>>> xserver-xorg* packages despite deps, and then just using apt to isntall >>>>> the testing ones, then apt-get check? >>>>> Good idea, bad idea, suicide? >>>> That's what I'd do... >>>>> This is my work machine so my usual tolerance for breaking stuff in the >>>>> persuit of knowledge is suspended. >>> i was asking whether downgrading xorg *was* suicide, not offering it as >>> a solution. >> (Disclaimer: I run X via startx from the console.) > >> I don't see why it should be. > >> # apt-get --simulate --purge remove xserver-xorg >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> The following packages will be REMOVED: >> xserver-xorg* xserver-xorg-core* xserver-xorg-input-evdev* >> xserver-xorg-input-kbd* xserver-xorg-input-mouse* >> xserver-xorg-input-synaptics* xserver-xorg-video-apm* >> xserver-xorg-video-dummy* xserver-xorg-video-fbdev* >> xserver-xorg-video-i810* xserver-xorg-video-intel* >> xserver-xorg-video-nv* xserver-xorg-video-vesa* >> xserver-xorg-video-vga* xserver-xorg-video-via* >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 15 to remove and 185 not upgraded. >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-via [1:0.2.2-5] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-vga [1:4.1.0-8] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-vesa [1:1.3.0-4] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-nv [1:2.1.7-1] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-i810 [2:2.2.1-1] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-intel [2:2.2.1-1] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev [1:0.3.1-4] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-dummy [1:0.2.0-7] >> Purg xserver-xorg-input-synaptics [0.14.7~git20070706-2] >> Purg xserver-xorg-input-mouse [1:1.2.3-2] >> Purg xserver-xorg-input-kbd [1:1.2.2-3] >> Purg xserver-xorg-input-evdev [1:1.2.0-1] [xserver-xorg ] >> Purg xserver-xorg-core [2:1.4.1~git20080131-1] [xserver-xorg >> xserver-xorg-video-apm ] >> Purg xserver-xorg [1:7.3+10] [xserver-xorg-video-apm ] >> Purg xserver-xorg-video-apm [1:1.1.1-10] > > >>> I've downgraded smaller packages (moc) in the manner i'm suggesting >>> before, but never anything as big as X. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended by the kni-ife." Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH1k8zS9HxQb37XmcRAgozAKCGXLcZZnocFZ4tRwC0KPreCnPMawCdGtY0 P86UbZOM8EDSRxgW0KpuF/g= =SSpn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
