From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to configure thochpad sensitivity (using hal)?
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:09:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201011151909.17847.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ibrjp6$rn6$1@dough.gmane.org>
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:31 on Monday 15 November 2010, Grant
Edwards did opine thusly:
> On 2010-11-14, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Finally, if xorg-server-1.8 is around the corner to be stabilised I
> > suggest that you unmask it and use the xorg.conf file that we all
> > know and love. :-)
>
> Using xorg.conf with 1.7 is simple enough (it's what I do on all my
> other machines). That's why I don't understand why the Gentoo
> developers decided to use HAL by default when it seems to be widely
> acknowledged to be such a disaster.
The Gentoo devs made no such decision.
Upstream did.
Gentoo closely tracks upstream, unless upstream is completely broken. HAL
might be a crock of chit, but it does not render X broken and not usable.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-15 17:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-14 1:10 [gentoo-user] How to configure thochpad sensitivity (using hal)? Grant Edwards
2010-11-14 2:37 ` Dale
2010-11-14 9:46 ` Mick
2010-11-14 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2010-11-14 16:15 ` Onteria
2010-11-14 17:02 ` Mick
2010-11-15 15:31 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-15 17:09 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2010-11-15 20:51 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-15 22:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-16 5:25 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-15 22:56 ` Dale
2010-11-15 23:25 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-16 0:26 ` Dale
2010-11-15 17:48 ` [gentoo-user] " Marc Joliet
2010-11-14 9:55 ` Sebastian Beßler
2010-11-18 11:04 ` Fernando Antunes
2010-11-18 15:48 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2010-11-18 22:24 ` Mick
2010-11-19 4:55 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-19 11:41 ` Mick
2010-12-12 1:52 ` Grant Edwards
2010-12-12 5:57 ` Valmor de Almeida
2010-12-12 10:59 ` Mick
2010-12-12 17:10 ` Valmor de Almeida
2010-12-13 0:17 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-12-13 5:04 ` Valmor de Almeida
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[not found] ` <fPbF8-7ca-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <fPetk-3Dw-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <fPglt-6QS-47@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <fPmTU-14l-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
2010-11-16 16:26 ` David W Noon
2010-11-16 18:11 ` Grant Edwards
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[not found] ` <fPxcC-1HK-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
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2010-11-16 22:28 ` David W Noon
2010-11-17 0:00 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-17 3:14 ` Dale
2010-11-18 0:43 ` Walter Dnes
2010-11-18 0:59 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-18 1:46 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-18 3:47 ` Stroller
2010-11-18 3:59 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-18 4:17 ` Dale
2010-11-18 4:56 ` Stroller
2010-11-18 12:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-18 9:31 ` Sebastian Beßler
2010-11-18 12:47 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-18 14:12 ` Sebastian Beßler
2010-11-18 14:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-18 14:24 ` Sebastian Beßler
2010-11-18 14:56 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-19 2:17 ` Walter Dnes
2010-11-19 3:14 ` Walter Dnes
2010-11-19 9:14 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-19 10:02 ` Dale
2010-11-18 4:52 ` Stroller
2010-11-19 3:55 ` Walter Dnes
2010-11-17 13:52 ` Stroller
2010-11-17 15:29 ` Grant Edwards
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[not found] ` <fPCci-1NV-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <fPCci-1NV-27@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <fPCci-1NV-29@gated-at.bofh.it>
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[not found] ` <fPCci-1NV-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <fPSh4-3Or-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
2010-11-17 16:47 ` David W Noon
[not found] ` <fPQIh-13B-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
2010-11-17 16:48 ` David W Noon
2010-11-17 19:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-17 21:18 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-17 22:42 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-18 11:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-18 11:43 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-11-18 11:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-18 12:32 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-11-18 13:18 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-18 13:28 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-18 13:33 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-11-18 13:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-19 11:11 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-11-18 12:42 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-18 12:46 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-11-19 11:07 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-11-19 13:41 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-11-19 15:28 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-11-19 15:38 ` Alan McKinnon
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