On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 19:14 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > >> Timothy Murphy wrote: > >>> If in fact X can be set up automatically, > >>> then presumably xorg.conf can be written automatically. > >> That's what X -configure is for. > > > > If you have to run X -configure > > (what exactly do you mean by this?) > > It is a command. Isn't the command: Xorg -configure > > > then it is not automatic. > > Correct. You do it only when you need to. > > > But my only point is that I don't understand the philosophy > > behind doing away with xorg.conf , > > and then saying, "Well, you might need it, > > in which case there are various (unspecified) progams you can run." > > > > Surely it would be simpler just to write xorg.conf in all cases? > > It is not. You cannot rely on a static xorg.conf since the hardware can > be switched (think new monitor on a desktop for instance) and writing it > everytime slows down your display startup and doesn't work well in other > instances (think LTSP). In general, you should avoid writes unless > absolutely necessary since a hard disk is usually the slowest part of > your system. > > Rahul > -- ======================================================================= You've been telling me to relax all the way here, and now you're telling me just to be myself? -- The Return of the Secaucus Seven ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
