#1004277 xserver-xorg-video-all does not depend on xserver-xorg-video-intel

Package:
xserver-xorg-video-all
Source:
xorg
Description:
X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage
Submitter:
Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Date:
2022-01-24 02:00:04 UTC
Severity:
important
#1004277#5
Date:
2022-01-24 01:56:40 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

on my computer (Thinkpad T60) X11 would not start, throwing an error
about OpenGL 2.1 being required. I was very concerned, since the GPU
does not support OpenGL 2.1.

I had already installed xserver-xorg-video-all and was very confused.
Only as I noticed that xserver-xorg-video-intel was not a dependency,
but merely recommended, I figured out that I could try to install it.

I suspect that someone assumed that some fallback driver would be able
to handle the situation. Clearly, this is not the case. I therefore ask
for xserver-xorg-video-all to please depend on xserver-xorg-video-intel.
--- snib ---

; glxinfo |grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.5
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 20.3.5
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
--- snab --- Greetings, Nils Moskopp