On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 07:53:00AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 22:30 -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 08:47:11AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 22:18 -0500, X Strike Force SVN Repository Admin > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > * Move the depends on xserver-xorg-(input/video)-all to a recommends. > > > > Just > > > > depend on the pseudopackages. The recommends also | -vesa for video, > > > > and > > > > -kbd and -mouse for -input. We duplicate the recommendation for > > > > xserver-xorg-input-all to handle the two different input packages we > > > > need. > > > > This is to deal with issues in which aptitude can't install the -all > > > > packages, so it just picks something random. This gives it some hints, > > > > hopefully at least guaranteeing that -vesa, -kbd, and -mouse are > > > > installed. > > > > > > The vesa driver doesn't work on most non-x86 machines... > > > > Well, that option is meant to be a failsafe when the xserver-xorg-video-all > > package fails to install for whatever reason. Do you have any ideas for a > > better failsafe option that could cover us better across more arches? > > There is no single 'failsafe' driver. Where vesa doesn't work, fbdev > might (ignoring its current ShadowFB breakage...), but in some cases > even vga or something else might be necessary.
I'm considering setting an arch-specific variable for the fail-safe option, like we currently do to define the various -all packages. It's not likely for etch, but it might be helpful in the future. What do you think? - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
