Raf Czlonka <r...@linuxstuff.pl> writes:
> 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...
Does it require a complete start over?
Here is the kind of confusing mess I run into:
sudo aptitude remove xserver-xorg-video-all
The following packages will be REMOVED:
xserver-xorg-video-all
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 61.4 kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
task-desktop: Depends: xserver-xorg-video-all but it is not going to be
installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) task-desktop
2) task-gnome-desktop
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
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Looks pretty straight forward, but look what happens when I accept:
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ant{u} ant-optional{u} browser-plugin-gnash{u} dasher{u} dasher-data{u}
file-roller{u} gnash{u} gnash-common{u} gnome-accessibility{u}
gnome-accessibility-themes{u} gnome-core{u} gnome-disk-utility{u}
gnome-themes-standard{u} gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3{u} hp-ppd{u}
hyphen-en-us{u} kerneloops{u} libboost-date-time1.46.1{u}
libboost-thread1.46.1{u} libcommons-beanutils-java{u}
libcommons-collections3-java{u} libcommons-compress-java{u}
libcommons-digester-java{u} libcommons-logging-java{u} libdb-java{u}
libdb-je-java{u} libdb5.1-java{u} libdb5.1-java-gcj{u} libelf1{u}
libgdu-gtk0{u} libicu4j-java{u} libjtidy-java{u} liblucene2-java{u}
liboil0.3{u} libregexp-java{u} libreoffice{u} libreoffice-calc{u}
libreoffice-draw{u} libreoffice-emailmerge{u} libreoffice-filter-binfilter{u}
libreoffice-filter-mobiledev{u} libreoffice-help-en-us{u}
libreoffice-impress{u} libreoffice-math{u} libreoffice-report-builder-bin{u}
libreoffice-writer{u} librpm2{u} librpmio2{u} mousetweaks{u} mythes-en-us{u}
python-uno{u} rpm-common{u} rpm2cpio{u} task-desktop{a} task-gnome-desktop{a}
ttf-sil-gentium{u} ttf-sil-gentium-basic{u} xorg{u} xserver-xorg-video-all
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 59 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 241 MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
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Doesn't this seem just a tab bit heavy handed.
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