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On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 22:20 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hi, Gentoo! |
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OH HAI! |
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[snip to the crux:] |
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> Can this new-style fragmented XML configuration do anything that a good |
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> old-fashioned, human-readable and compact xorg.conf can't? If so, what? |
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> What am I missing here? |
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presumably you're missing the previous conversation on this topic: |
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/225223/focus=225223 |
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> Please, somebody, tell me all this HAL stuff is straightforwardly |
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> explained in an easily accessible Gentoo document, so that I can hang my |
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> head in shame and apologise for the noise! ;-) |
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isn't it just done for you? |
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$ slocate 10-input-policy.fdi |
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/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi |
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iain@orpheus ~ $ equery belongs /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi |
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* Searching for /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi ... |
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sys-apps/hal-0.5.14-r2 (/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi) |
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so why are you copying these files by hand? |
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-- |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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A university faculty is 500 egotists with a common parking problem. |
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