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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] modular xorg
From:       Andreas Hasenack <ahasenack () terra ! com ! br>
Date:       2006-05-20 23:14:31
Message-ID: 200605202014.31816.ahasenack () terra ! com ! br
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Em Sáb 20 Mai 2006 20:08, Thomas Spuhler escreveu:
> On Saturday 20 May 2006 04:05 pm, Andreas Hasenack wrote:
> > Em Sáb 20 Mai 2006 19:47, Thomas Spuhler escreveu:
> > > I am still trying to figure out the advantage of having xorg 7 as
> > > modular When I do a urpmi --auto-select  I get a ton of video drivers
> > > for all kind of possible cards. Why do I need all of them.
> >
> > You don't, this is just the ugprade scenario. New installs should only
> > get the driver you need.
> >
> > After upgrading, you can also remove these extra drivers and the
> > metapackage which is pulling them in.
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
> Is there a pretty easy way to install only those that are needed?

Not sure, I haven't looked closely at the package names yet. I assume the 
driver ones should be easier to know if they can be removed and which ones 
should be installed. I would also assume the new versions of the X wizards 
will know about this.

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