How does one use or apply this fix? AIUI this is the same problem described here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/287797/xserver-xorg-lts-quantal-will-remove-many-packages
I have installed the xserver-xorg-lts-precise metapackage but this has not installed anything else as I am currently running the Precise X stack. The above seems not to be a fix. AFAICS, what it does is conveniently allow one to /recover/ from the problem -- it does not prevent the installation of the Quantal X stack from removing loads of necessary components, it just makes it easier to revert back from the Quantal X stack to the Precise X stack. Do I understand correctly? If so, it is not a fix. It does not enable one to upgrade an installed 12.04 or 12.04-1 system to 12.04-2, i.e. install the 12.10 versions of X.org. /That/ is the bug that is really being reported here AIUI. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095686 Title: xorg needs to be updated to allow quantal xserver stack to be installed Status in OEM Priority Project: Fix Released Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “xorg” source package in Precise: Fix Released Bug description: Right now installing xserver-xorg-lts-quantal will uninstall xorg, and as a side effect ubuntu-desktop. A small update to xorg is required to deal with this. Multiple changes are required: - xorg needs to allow xserver-xorg-renamed to satisfy its xserver-xorg dependency. - xserver-xorg must not be coinstallable with renamed packages, so explicitly depend on versions there. - xserver-xorg-lts-precise gets added for smoother rollback, it recommends libgl1-mesa-dri/glx unrenamed, and video/input-all unrenamed. Normally because of the xserver-xorg might not install either, but the recommends should allow easier rollback. - xserver-xorg also provides/replaces/conflicts with xserver-xorg-renamed, so xserver-xorg-lts-* cannot be coinstalled accidentally with xserver-xorg. - xserver-xorg replaces/conflicts with xorg-renamed-package, so installing xserver-xorg will block any renamed package from being installed. They all provide xorg-renamed-package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1095686/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
