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Apparently, though unproven, at 17:31 on Monday 15 November 2010, Grant |
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Edwards did opine thusly: |
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> On 2010-11-14, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Finally, if xorg-server-1.8 is around the corner to be stabilised I |
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> > suggest that you unmask it and use the xorg.conf file that we all |
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> > know and love. :-) |
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> Using xorg.conf with 1.7 is simple enough (it's what I do on all my |
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> other machines). That's why I don't understand why the Gentoo |
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> developers decided to use HAL by default when it seems to be widely |
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> acknowledged to be such a disaster. |
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The Gentoo devs made no such decision. |
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Upstream did. |
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Gentoo closely tracks upstream, unless upstream is completely broken. HAL |
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might be a crock of chit, but it does not render X broken and not usable. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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