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

Wed Jul 13 18:55:56 EDT 2005

Have you check to see if aptitude install xserver-xorg would have
installed all of the required packages?

Ahem.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 06:29:41PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> 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
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from dave walker <dave at mudsite.com> -----
> 
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:27:30 -0400
> From: dave walker <dave at mudsite.com>
> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317)
> To: "Samuel Thurston, III" <sam.thurston at gmail.com>,
> 	Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.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.
> 
> --
> Dave

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