Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Since the "new" xorg-server was a complete flop here, when will this >> devicekit option be coming? Please tell me it will be easier that hal is. >> > > It (xorg+hal/fdi config) has worked fine for me since day 1 (and > continues to work), using a fully ~amd64 system. So not a complete > flop. And xorg devs have been using it like that for something like 5 > years. I think the migration from one style of config to another was > more the cause of many people's problems generally. I don't know > anything about devicekit but I would bet the config & operation would > be close to that of hal/fdi than the old xorg.conf style. > > >
I never said it was a flop for anyone else, just that it was a flop here. I couldn't get a GUI working until I went back to the old xorg-server and even recompiled a few other things. I masked that puppy and it will be masked for a while here. Dale :-) :-)