Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update puzzle

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 10/09/2013 02:13:41 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
> 131008 Khumba wrote:
> > 131008 Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.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