>>>> >>> 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? >> >> - Grant >> >> > > Just read the names of the apps. They are mostly pretty simple. If one > app looks interesting or possibly useful you can emerge it directly, > play with it and throw it away if you don't want to keep it around. I > don't personally need the fonts although they aren't generally much > trouble in terms of updates as they don't change. > > Anyway, as I said, I only use the full package on one machine and > hardly notice the difference. > > - Mark
Sounds good, thanks everyone. - Grant
