On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:14 AM, sean <tech.j...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > > Is there a repository somewhere that you can download fdi files for a > > device? > > It seems that would make things easier for all, since many people likely > > use the same devices in exactly or closely similar ways? > > > > I have to get my trackball working again the way I had before the > > upgrade. > > Not that I know of (but it's a good idea!); once you understand the > basic FDI syntax it is pretty easy to migrate your settings. Find the > device name of the trackball you want to set up in > /proc/bus/input/devices and then create an FDI which mimics the > settings you used in xorg.conf. The Ubuntu wiki has a decent little > tutorial on it: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input
which pretty much makes hal a bad idea. 'use hal so you don't have to edit files' and then have to edit hal's convoluted xml files instead of the simple, easy to read xorg.conf ...
