[Linux-disciples] Re: [breezy] upgrade killed X.org (fwd)

[Stephen R Laniel]

Ah ha! This solves my X.org problems. Turns out that the
refactoring of X.org pulled off various important drivers
into separate packages.

Presumably -- I'm trying to be charitable here -- not
everyone will need the keyboard or mouse drivers.
Presumably, though, at least 90% of people using X *will*
need them. So why didn't they get installed automatically?

Is it the case that the APT installation routine isn't smart
enough? E.g., in this case, we needed logic like so:

1) /etc/X11/xorg.conf refers to a driver "Keyboard".
2) That driver has been separated, in the upgraded
xserver-xorg package, into a new package.
3) Hence, install the new package.
4) Repeat steps 1) through 3) for all other drivers that
have been pulled off into new packages.

Is this unreasonable?

Below is the list of packages matching 'xserver-xorg', just
for your edification -- perhaps the Debian users out there
will experience similar problems soon. Or maybe, just maybe,
Deb will have worked out the kinks by then.

xlibmesa-dri - Mesa 3D graphics library modules [X.Org]
xorg-common - X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure
xserver-xorg - the X.Org X server (dummy package)
xserver-xorg-core - the X.Org X server
xserver-xorg-dbg - the X.Org X server (static version with debugging symbols)
xserver-xorg-driver-apm - X.Org X server -- APM driver
xserver-xorg-driver-ark - X.Org X server -- Ark driver
xserver-xorg-driver-ati - X.Org X server -- ATI driver
xserver-xorg-driver-chips - X.Org X server -- Chips driver
xserver-xorg-driver-cirrus - X.Org X server -- Cirrus driver
xserver-xorg-driver-cyrix - X.Org X server -- Cyrix driver
xserver-xorg-driver-dummy - X.Org X server -- dummy driver
xserver-xorg-driver-fbdev - X.Org X server -- fbdev driver
xserver-xorg-driver-glide - X.Org X server -- Glide driver
xserver-xorg-driver-glint - X.Org X server -- Glint driver
xserver-xorg-driver-i128 - X.Org X server -- i128 driver
xserver-xorg-driver-i740 - X.Org X server -- i740 driver
xserver-xorg-driver-i810 - X.Org X server -- Intel driver
xserver-xorg-driver-imstt - X.Org X server -- IMSTT driver
xserver-xorg-driver-mga - X.Org X server -- mga driver
xserver-xorg-driver-neomagic - X.Org X server -- Neomagic driver
xserver-xorg-driver-newport - X.Org X server -- Newport driver
xserver-xorg-driver-nsc - X.Org X server -- NSC driver
xserver-xorg-driver-nv - X.Org X server -- NV driver
xserver-xorg-driver-rendition - X.Org X server -- Rendition driver
xserver-xorg-driver-s3 - X.Org X server -- S3 driver
xserver-xorg-driver-s3virge - X.Org X server -- S3ViRGE driver
xserver-xorg-driver-savage - X.Org X server -- Savage driver
xserver-xorg-driver-siliconmotion - X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion driver
xserver-xorg-driver-sis - X.Org X server -- SiS driver
xserver-xorg-driver-tdfx - X.Org X server -- tdfx driver
xserver-xorg-driver-tga - X.Org X server -- TGA driver
xserver-xorg-driver-trident - X.Org X server -- Trident driver
xserver-xorg-driver-tseng - X.Org X server -- Tseng driver
xserver-xorg-driver-vesa - X.Org X server -- VESA driver
xserver-xorg-driver-vga - X.Org X server -- vga driver
xserver-xorg-driver-via - X.Org X server -- Via driver
xserver-xorg-driver-vmware - X.Org X server -- VMWare driver
xserver-xorg-input-acecad - X.Org X server -- AceCAD input driver
xserver-xorg-input-aiptek - X.Org X server -- Aiptek input driver
xserver-xorg-input-calcomp - X.Org X server -- Calcomp input driver
xserver-xorg-input-citron - X.Org X server -- Citron input driver
xserver-xorg-input-digitaledge - X.Org X server -- DigitalEdge input driver
xserver-xorg-input-dmc - X.Org X server -- DMC input driver
xserver-xorg-input-dynapro - X.Org X server -- Dynapro input driver
xserver-xorg-input-elographics - X.Org X server -- ELOGraphics input driver
xserver-xorg-input-fpit - X.Org X server -- FPIT input driver
xserver-xorg-input-hyperpen - X.Org X server -- HyperPen input driver
xserver-xorg-input-kbd - X.Org X server -- keyboard driver
xserver-xorg-input-magellan - X.Org X server -- Magellan input driver
xserver-xorg-input-microtouch - X.Org X server -- MicroTouch input driver
xserver-xorg-input-mouse - X.Org X server -- mouse driver
xserver-xorg-input-mutouch - X.Org X server -- muTouch input driver
xserver-xorg-input-palmax - X.Org X server -- Palmax input driver
xserver-xorg-input-penmount - X.Org X server -- Penmount input driver
xserver-xorg-input-spaceorb - X.Org X server -- SpaceOrb input driver
xserver-xorg-input-summa - X.Org X server -- Summa input driver
xserver-xorg-input-tek4957 - X.Org X server -- Tek4957 input driver
xserver-xorg-input-void - X.Org X server -- void input driver
xserver-xorg-input-wacom - X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver

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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:27:30 -0400
From: dave walker <dave at mudsite.com>
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Subject: Re: [breezy] upgrade killed X.org
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Samuel Thurston, III wrote:

>breezy killed x.
>
>Hey, it comes with the territory.  
>
>gdm doesn't start, and manually starting x isn't working since my last
>update/reboot.  I got three clues, possibly unrelated.  At first I
>wasn't even able to get online because dhclient failed with the
>message "user dhcp doesn't exist" so i created the user and that went
>away. the other symptoms I have are that the deferred execution
>scheduler fails at startup for reasons I cannot ascertain, and my
>nvidia driver seems to have disappeared completely, as i cannot
>modprobe 'nvidia' or 'nv'.
>
>Any help would be appreciated
>Thanks,
>Sam
>
1) Install xserver-xorg-driver-nv
2) I believe you will (i had to do this last night) install 
xserver-xorg-input-kbd and xserver-xorg-input-mouse
3) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
4) restart GDM

That worked for me.  Hope it works for you.

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