[Tfug] Xorg 1.5

[Claude Rubinson]

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 06:41:30PM -0700, erich wrote:
> OK,
>       I've been reading the upgrade guide on this version. It says
> that a xorg.conf file is no longer necessary. This is troubling
> to me. In light of this, how do you tell the software to change
> the scan rate? The fastest scan rate produces font size on many
> applications that I have to squint to read.
>
>      I'm happy with:
>
>             HorizSync    31.0 - 110.0
>             VertRefresh  55.0 - 160.0

"No longer necessary" != "Not respected".  Yes, X is being
reconfigured so as to automagically configure itself, but it will
still respect any xorg.conf file that exists/you supply.

I was as frustrated as anybody when I heard that X was being made to
depend on hal.  But
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide has a really
good and straightforward discussion about why this decision was made
and I'm now convinced that it is the correct approach.  It does mean
that those of us familiar with X will need to learn a new way of
configuring it--and the input/output system in general (e.g., mouse,
keyboards, displays, etc) but such transitions are always painful.
This is one that I think is definitely a step forward--even though I'm
sure to be cursing it myself at first.

Claude