On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Rahul Sundaram <[email protected] > wrote:
> Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> Kevin Kofler wrote: >> >> Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> >>>> If in fact X can be set up automatically, >>>> then presumably xorg.conf can be written automatically. >>>> >>> That's what X -configure is for. >>> >> >> If you have to run X -configure (what exactly do you mean by this?) >> > > It is a command. > > then it is not automatic. >> > > Correct. You do it only when you need to. > > But my only point is that I don't understand the philosophy >> behind doing away with xorg.conf , >> and then saying, "Well, you might need it, >> in which case there are various (unspecified) progams you can run." >> >> Surely it would be simpler just to write xorg.conf in all cases? >> > > It is not. You cannot rely on a static xorg.conf since the hardware can be > switched (think new monitor on a desktop for instance) and writing it > everytime slows down your display startup and doesn't work well in other > instances (think LTSP). In general, you should avoid writes unless > absolutely necessary since a hard disk is usually the slowest part of your > system. > > Sorry, Rahul but in the past, when a new hardware was installed, the xorg.conf was renamed, and a new one was created automatically. Now, if you happen to have an xorg.conf, and change the hardware, X simply does not start, because it tries to use the wrong xorg.conf. -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ
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