On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 12:33 -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 05:25:34PM +0200, Matej Cepl wrote: > > On 2008-10-08, 22:27 GMT, Tom Horsley wrote: > > > So, X has achieved the holy grail of no config file by moving > > > all the config files to a far more obscure place and changing > > > them to undocumented xml gibberish? > > > > No, the point of this should be that computer will automagically > > recognize which device you have and take from the database of > > configurations > > There is a small fly in this ointment. The above may work, usually, > but very far from always. For example, if monitor EDID data are > faulty or not present at all, and this is _not_ a hypothetical > situation, then a configuration you are getting is busted. Also > something which is possible, and even "correct" in some sense, does > not need to be optimal/desired in a given situation. > > It sounds like another of those "90% solutions" which happen to > work, more or less, for a developer in her/his particular > configuration and which are screwing you often enough. > > > (and take a look at /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy for > > illustration should look like) > > Yes, I had do that on various occasions. It is never clear > what to do with this dreaded XML maze or if what you are trying > to hack even has a chance of working. Shudder! Seriously, people. If there's no xorg.conf file, and you need one, make one. - ajax
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