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On 4/21/2010 1:41 AM, Graham Murray wrote: |
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> walt <w41ter@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> That was true in the past, but no longer. The recent release of xorg 1.8 |
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>> specifically says that hal will not be supported in any future xorg versions, |
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>> so we should all start looking beyond hal. Don't spend a lot of effort now |
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>> learning about hal because it's on the way out. (Not many people mourning |
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>> it's impending demise, apparently.) |
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> And if you use udev then you need an (at least minimal) xorg.conf. |
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With the new modular xorg.conf.d setup, you really don't. |
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I have no xorg.conf and the only thing I'm missing is the mouse wheel |
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emulation on my touchpad. The xorg-server package includes |
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configuration segments that handle the basic input devices for you, and |
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the server itself is pretty good as figuring out your output devices. |
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--Mike |
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