On Sunday 08 December 2002 12:38, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 01:37, Alex Chudnovsky wrote: > > I agree completely. What lacks sorely in XFree86, IMHO, is the fallback > > mechanism - if this driver doesn't work, use another driver, and if > > nothing works, use some worst case default ( 640x480 generic VGA driver > > or VESA FB driver for videocard, autoprobe for mice). As in (cough) > > Windows. Anyway, it is pretty hard these days to find EGA card or (cough) > > CGA card. > > This is also a position that could help when say replacing a blown video > card. Many is the time that once I got "something" working, and could > then adjust from there, to get a nice product. For ex-windytes (windows > users) the ability to limp into a visible mode and then properly adjust > with MCC would be a really big help when changing hardware etc.
Yes, and not only that. My wet dream for successful Linux desktop is XFree86 not needing configuration file at all - i.e it should use one if it finds it, but if it finds nothing, then it should be as follows : - Video card is autoprobed, if the suitable driver found, it is used, or generic VESA, or generic VGA. - Mice are autoprobed, all mice found are used. And about mice : Why should one re-run XFdrake anew or manually change XF86Config-4 if all he does is just replace some PS/2 mouse with some new USB mouse? IMHO, mice should be autoprobed. OTOH, if XF86Config-4 contains mouse definition, it should be used, but if it is incorrect, it should be considered omitted, warning should be issued, and mice should be autoprobed. -- Regards, Alex Chudnovsky e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 35559910
