-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 But wouldn't that also remove every X application i haven't built from source as well, due to dependencies?
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. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH1hehLeTfO4yBSAcRAkViAKDbblKBha1f3y6bDewCPET1Zx/izQCgqOTq vMBEe1ssGAgjsl6FjN9VjFQ= =H39M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
