thanks for your replies, guys.
i tried purging one package but chickened out when i saw the output (below)!
regards
bryan
bryan@laptop:~$ sudo aptitude purge xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
xserver-xorg-video-all
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gnash-common{u} gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3{u} libboost-date-time1.34.1{u} libboost-thread1.34.1{u}
libgif4{u} libgtkglext1{u} xserver-xorg-video-voodoo{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 8925kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xserver-xorg-video-all: Depends: xserver-xorg-video-voodoo but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
xserver-xorg-video-all
Score is 119
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
--- On Thu, 29/1/09, john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote:
From: john lewis <johnlewis@???>
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Lenny updates
To: hampshire@???
Date: Thursday, 29 January, 2009, 10:44 PM
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:54:56 +0000
"Dr A. J. Trickett" <adam.trickett@???> wrote:
> > how can i stop further updates of this type?
>
> Yes, delete all the xserver-xorg- bits you don't need, then they
> won't need upgrading in future. I usually do this, but I have no idea
> if other people do it.
this has happened since X.org became more modular so far as I can
remember.
I, personally, leave all the modules in place in case they are ever
needed. I guess that on a laptop the hardware isn't going to change in
its lifetime but on a desktop system pretty well everything could
change.
I am not sure what doing "aptitude purge xserver-xorg-video-?" will
do as I have never even thought of doing it, I don't know any other
safe way of deleting one of these modules.
--
John Lewis
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