Bug#596656: /usr/bin/boincmgr: Why does boinc require X

[Michal Suchanek]

Package: boinc-manager
Version: 6.10.58+dfsg-3
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/boincmgr


Hello,

why does boinc even require X?

Can't it open the card device on its own?

You know, it's not like X has a patent on handling GPUs, there is GLES,
and possibly other solutions.

Thanks

Michal


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (700, 'oldstable'), (510, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental'), (111, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-3-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages boinc-manager depends on:
ii  libc6                      2.11.2-10     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.4.5-8     GCC support library
ii  libsqlite3-0               3.7.3-1       SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libstdc++6                 4.4.5-8       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwxbase2.8-0             2.8.10.1-3+b1 wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI
ii  libwxgtk2.8-0              2.8.10.1-3+b1 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t

Versions of packages boinc-manager recommends:
ii  boinc-client              6.10.58+dfsg-3 core client for the BOINC distribu

Versions of packages boinc-manager suggests:
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx               7.10-4     A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.7-1  X11 toolkit intrinsics library

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