On 8/31/07, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yaakov Nemoy wrote: > > >> The main use this gives is you can let a user try the binary driver, and > >> if it tanks, you can use the GUI to go back to the open source or vice > >> versa, > >> > >> Really though a simple ordering like: > >> 1. Users current xorg.conf > >> 2. No x.org conf - default driver > >> 3. Try another driver in list (like fglrx or radeon) > >> 4. Try vesa. > >> 5. lose. > > > > So you have either a choice to lose, and let the user feel helpless > > and out of control, or you give them at least a chance to try > > something out. If the user is intelligent, even if he's not > > technically oriented, he can then say "I tried the following settings > > and they all didn't work." > > > > Not that I'm going to say this is the best implementation either, but > > it's better than just a BSOD (Black Screen of Doom). > > The biggest problem I've seen with X is having to provide modelines for > equipment not included in the stock setup. Is there any way that when > someone computes their own modelines and it comes up working that the > system could automatically ask permission to post the settings to a > central database so others with matching hardware would not have to > repeat the work? Sounds like a job for Smolt -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
