On 10/09/2013 02:13:41 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
131008 Khumba wrote:
> 131008 Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote:
>> A few days ago, I upgraded to xorg-server-1.14.3 with a lot of
deps.
>> Everything seems to be working normally since then,
>> but a lot of pkgs became unneeded, according to 'emerge -cpv', ie
>> 131005 x11-apps/bitmap-1.0.6 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-apps/sessreg-1.0.7 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-apps/xkbutils-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-apps/xkill-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-apps/xlsclients-1.1.2 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-apps/xrandr-1.3.5 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-apps/xrefresh-1.0.4 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-apps/xvinfo-1.1.1 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-libs/libXp-1.0.1 [for xorg-x11 : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.7 [for nvidia-drivers]
>> 131005 x11-misc/makedepend-1.0.4 [for mesa : otiose]
>> 131005 x11-proto/printproto-1.0.5 [for xorg-x11 LO : otiose]
>> Presumably, these have all been absorbed into other Xorg pgms.
> x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r1 here.
> I still have those packages; they're pulled in by x11-base/xorg-x11,
> which is the main Xorg meta-package that pulls in xorg-server.
Yes : I install them individually & don't use the meta.
> As for whether you need them, I think that's your call.
> I haven't tried xorg-server without xorg-x11 in a while,
> but lots of those utilities are useful : xkill, xrandr ... .
What are they useful for ? -- I can't do 'man' as they're not
installed
& 'eix' simply shows the same URL for each ; is there anywhere I can
look ?
What about googling for "xkill linux".
E.g. xkill sometimes is the only possiblity to kill a process which
keeps a window open.
Just enter xkill in an XTerm, it will ask you to click into the window
which you want to close.
Helmut
