On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Don't most (all?) X apps depend on xorg-server? >>> >> >>> >> Nope. No X app depends on the server, because the server could be >>> >> running on another machine. >>> >> >>> >> Bye... >>> >> >>> >> Dirk >>> > >>> > Ah, bingo, thank you. I'll add xorg-server to world. >>> > >>> > - Grant >>> >>> Actually, could xorg-x11 be a better choice for the world file? What >>> does it provide? >> >> xorg-x11 is indeed the better choice. It is a meta- package that pulls in >> everything required to provide a full X server >> >> -- >> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > I already have xorg-server installed, and here are the packages to > emerge for xorg-x11: > > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-alias-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 42 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/bdftopcf-1.0.0 USE="-debug" 74 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-util-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 97 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xcursorgen-1.0.2 88 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xmodmap-1.0.3 USE="-debug" 101 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/smproxy-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 86 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xwud-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 82 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xinput-1.4.2 USE="-debug" 106 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/x11perf-1.5 USE="-debug" 140 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xgamma-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 85 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xpr-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 116 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xrandr-1.3.2 USE="-debug" 127 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xsetmode-1.0.0 USE="-debug" 73 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xvinfo-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 85 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xcmsdb-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 95 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xsetroot-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 87 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xhost-1.0.2 USE="-debug -ipv6" 0 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xev-1.0.3 USE="-debug" 91 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/bitmap-1.0.3-r1 USE="-debug" 127 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xdriinfo-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 87 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xbacklight-1.1 USE="-debug" 79 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.1.0 USE="-debug" 97 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xkill-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 76 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xkbevd-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 106 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xlsclients-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 74 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xlsatoms-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 74 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xwd-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 110 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xrefresh-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 79 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xkbutils-1.0.1-r1 USE="-debug" 65 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXxf86dga-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 213 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3 20 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-xfree86-type1-1.0.1 USE="X" 70 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.1 USE="X -nls" 284 > kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.1 USE="X" 204 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 827 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-ibm-type1-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 308 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-daewoo-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 667 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-micro-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 38 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-ttf-1.0.0 USE="X" 376 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.0-r1 USE="X" 181 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-sony-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 48 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.1 USE="X -nls" 209 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-speedo-1.0.0 USE="X" 330 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.1 USE="X -nls" 45 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-jis-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 552 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-themes/xcursor-themes-1.0.1 2,205 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 1,813 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-cursor-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 42 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-meltho-1.0.0 USE="X" 1,457 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-type1-1.0.0 USE="X" 563 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 65 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 102 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-arabic-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 52 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 133 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-isas-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 769 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 1,040 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-75dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 499 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 193 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-mutt-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 201 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-sun-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 56 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-schumacher-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 77 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-type1-1.0.0 USE="X" 344 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.0 > USE="X -nls" 185 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 41 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-dec-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 40 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-100dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 655 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xf86dga-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 79 kB > [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.0 > USE="X -nls" 150 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1 0 kB > > Seems like a lot of stuff considering X is working fine as-is. Does > anyone know what the functional difference is besides more fonts?
I think if you don't use any of those other programs then you don't need them, and if you install anything that needs them it'll pull them in automatically. :) They're mostly low-level utilities. If your system is working as-is then I don't think you'll be missing out on anything by leaving it alone (after putting xorg-server into your world file of course).
