[Tfug] Xorg 1.5

[erich]

Hmmm,
           HAL is used for much more than the stuff Xorg is concerned 
with. I've decided to upgrade
Xorg. If what they're saying is true I did a lot of hardware/software 
integration for nothing just
because I was too soon to work with Xorg. I heartily welcome a 
simplification. One thing is
missing from this reference though, and it's very important. What about 
the video card driver?
(That's also missing from other links that I have read)

                                                                                                                                 
Erich

Claude Rubinson wrote:
> 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
>
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