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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 16:12:20
Message-Id: 200905151810.51656.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Friday 15 May 2009 18:03:21 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Mittwoch 08 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
3 > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
4 > >
5 > > <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
6
7 > > >> So I think setting it in xorg.conf is easier, but at least it is not
8 > > >> absolutely required if you can run setxkbmap in your xdm startup. :)
9 > > >
10 > > > which is so idiotic I won't even comment on that any further.
11 > >
12 > > I think editing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi is easier than that,
13 > > even. :)
14 >
15 > and I think editing xorg.conf is the easiest way.
16
17 I think dumping hal for the stupid piece of software it is and moving to
18 devicekit like the developer intends, is an even easier way...
19
20 --
21 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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