[gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi list! I found my current XServer-setup very inflexible and would like to hear some tips for improving it. What I would like to have is a customizable plug'n'play setup which I can configure without restarting the XServer. Since I have a notebook, there are many occasions where I have to work

Re: [gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread William Kenworthy
I think you are looking for problems where they dont exist: point your xorg.conf at /dev/input/mice - then all mice end up under the one reference. i.e., plug in a usbmouse and once the modules are loaded, its automatically seen by the xserver. Keyboards (usb) and the native keyboard (on

Re: [gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread Michal 'vorner' Vaner
Hello On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:48:31AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: 1. usage of my own Logitech mouse as well as typical USB-mice and my touchpad. You probably can define separate device section for: • touchpad • your logitech mouse • any other mouse and in the server layout have touchpad

Re: [gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag, 20. April 2008, Florian Philipp wrote: 3. external displays (VGA, DVI, LCD and TV-Out, one at a time would be enough) with different aspects and resolutions with 3D-acceleration on my Intel i945. don't put modes or modelines into your xorg.conf. Let X figure it out. --