On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 08:50:16PM BST, Harry Putnam wrote: > I'm still managing to confuse myself. > > When I look at some of the drivers that nearly positive I do not need > with `aptitude why' It appears to be saying they are needed: > > aptitude why xserver-xorg-video-mach64 > i task-desktop Depends xserver-xorg-video-all > ihA xserver-xorg-video-all Depends xserver-xorg-video-ati > i A xserver-xorg-video-ati Depends xserver-xorg-video-mach64 > > Note that the output shows `Depends' rather than `Recommends', so I > guess its saying if I want to run with `task-desktop' I need this > driver. But do I really?
Answering your previous question, there's no way of automating the process of auto-discovery of graphic card, therefore if you'd like to run a desktop system and install 'task-desktop' (itself not a real package but a virtual one, a task which installs other packages) all available drivers are being installed. Solution: do not install task-desktop, only pick the packages which you need, remove xserver-xorg-video-all and only leave the one(s) which match your hardware. If you have a fairly new machine with a large HDD, the above won't be an issue as, apart from some services run at startup or during your X session, the it'll only take some of your HDD space. But if you're really bothered or free space is scarce... -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111012203121.ga11...@linuxstuff.pl
