From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PI2YA-0007tq-Di for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:09:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3FA5E0687; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882F6E0687 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so3351871ewy.40 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:08:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=sWIbgLeEaBe/yil+20HJYvoE66rbSvTqWDleDUmOMeI=; b=qSJ5dP5Yjmf7eiwtFS1H7RDs6PgXylpg3SR1XWr0shOMZrM1wVaV3OpPQ/BfIq7pwK 01gH1o3qxhnva124BbNite1SIZi/xFMS49owyeZWSP6RohGQQmjlOD+5EWDfVHsE0uO8 LgiPYc+cIhOxJqGxmbfOP1A2XP93AS2nNmJM0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=FnveCH38uo178st/Jr2gNy2//Ln+sc5wUzKJaK6+y3aWA+CkJ7Gtobve7Kp7dJ3IrI rMT2ykRH44O58Z9OMwwCsC787BV+eEdMCsHSeLUBM/Y4Ud1joSB9Zbm3asBgOIZBfLSP fn8ORLNgp0XuBD6dLb9Y1Q7vip2R2b6CQUDEQ= Received: by 10.14.47.66 with SMTP id s42mr3783731eeb.45.1289840932738; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:08:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-238-14.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.238.14]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w20sm163648eeh.12.2010.11.15.09.08.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:08:50 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon 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 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.36-ck; KDE/4.5.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201011141702.12072.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201011151909.17847.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 0331a570-e197-4a41-b9d4-17ad9532db6f X-Archives-Hash: 049ce72b6fe6e451d9115450975d13f5 Apparently, though unproven, at 17:31 on Monday 15 November 2010, Grant Edwards did opine thusly: > On 2010-11-14, Mick 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