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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

xserver-xorg depends on xserver-xorg-video-all OR xerver-xorg-video-7
xserver-xorg-video-all depends on ati & radeon & r128 & mach64
xerver-xorg-video-7 provided by ati OR radeon OR r128 OR mach64

Ati package is needed to startx (yet it can be uninstalled) 
Ati depends on r128 & mach64 & radeon (yet for any given ati hardware configuration only one will be needed)

Problems:
xerver-xorg-video-7 dependencies allow you to have an unstartable X while having the correct drivers installed (serious)
Ati explicitly depends on packages it shouldn't

Solutions:
1) Make xerver-xorg-video-7 and xserver-xorg-video-all provide/depend on ati and remove radeon,r128,mach64
* Pretty simple fix
* Adds unneeded dependencies

2) Change xorg so it can boot directly from radeon without needing ati
* No changes to packaging
* Needs actual code changes

3) Make xerver-xorg-video-7 and xserver-xorg-video-all provide/depend on ati and remove radeon,r128,mach64
make xerver-xorg-video-ati depend on xerver-xorg-video-ati-all | xerver-xorg-video-ati-any
xerver-xorg-video-ati-any is analogous to xerver-xorg-video-7
* No unneeded dependencies
* No actual codding required
* Follows same model as xserver-xorg

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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xerver-xorg-video-ati dependancies need changing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/652467
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