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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.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 16:41:33
Message-Id: 4A0D9B2F.4000106@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Friday 15 May 2009 18:03:21 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 >
4 >> On Mittwoch 08 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
7 >>>
8 >>> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
9 >>>
10 >
11 >
12 >>>>> So I think setting it in xorg.conf is easier, but at least it is not
13 >>>>> absolutely required if you can run setxkbmap in your xdm startup. :)
14 >>>>>
15 >>>> which is so idiotic I won't even comment on that any further.
16 >>>>
17 >>> I think editing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi is easier than that,
18 >>> even. :)
19 >>>
20 >> and I think editing xorg.conf is the easiest way.
21 >>
22 >
23 > I think dumping hal for the stupid piece of software it is and moving to
24 > devicekit like the developer intends, is an even easier way...
25 >
26 >
27
28 Since the "new" xorg-server was a complete flop here, when will this
29 devicekit option be coming? Please tell me it will be easier that hal is.
30
31 Dale
32
33 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>