Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-14 Thread Robert Noland
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 06:54 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Harald Braumann wrote: On Tue, 12 May 2009 14:41:48 -0700 Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: And for non-Linux systems? HAL is OS-agnostic, udev seems very Linux specific. From

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-13 Thread Daniel Stone
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 03:24:27PM -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Kevin Stange at 12/05/09 18:23 did gyre and gimble: So you're saying this HAL method is widely (or

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-13 Thread Harald Braumann
On Tue, 12 May 2009 14:41:48 -0700 Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: And for non-Linux systems? HAL is OS-agnostic, udev seems very Linux specific. From http://cgit.freedesktop.org/hal/tree/NEWS: ---8-- == HAL

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-13 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Harald Braumann wrote: On Tue, 12 May 2009 14:41:48 -0700 Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: And for non-Linux systems? HAL is OS-agnostic, udev seems very Linux specific. From http://cgit.freedesktop.org/hal/tree/NEWS:

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-13 Thread Daniel Stone
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 07:55:05AM -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Daniel Stone dan...@fooishbar.org wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 03:24:27PM -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote:

Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Kevin Stange
I am trying to find out whether I can define options for non-input devices via HAL fdi files. My goal is to specify settings for sections like my video card, monitor or screen. I haven't been able to find anything that seems relevant anywhere and all examples I have found are exclusively related

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Kevin Stange ke...@simguy.net wrote: I am trying to find out whether I can define options for non-input devices via HAL fdi files.  My goal is to specify settings for sections like my video card, monitor or screen.  I haven't been able to find anything that

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Kevin Stange ke...@simguy.net wrote: Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Kevin Stange ke...@simguy.net wrote: I am trying to find out whether I can define options for non-input devices via HAL fdi files. Â My goal is to specify settings for

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and Kevin Stange at 12/05/09 18:23 did gyre and gimble: So you're saying this HAL method is widely (or narrowly, but by the right people) disliked? Using Gentoo it seems to be encouraged, and I've seen indications other distros (like Ubuntu) have picked up the technique as

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Kevin Stange at 12/05/09 18:23 did gyre and gimble: So you're saying this HAL method is widely (or narrowly, but by the right people) disliked? Using Gentoo it seems to be encouraged, and I've seen indications other distros (like Ubuntu) have picked up

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Harald Braumann
On Tue, 12 May 2009 10:46:43 -0700 Dan Nicholson dbn.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Kevin Stange ke...@simguy.net The reason I kind of like this method is because I don't have to define the device in the xorg.conf, so if it's not present/detected I'm basically not

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Robert Noland
On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:24 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Kevin Stange at 12/05/09 18:23 did gyre and gimble: So you're saying this HAL method is widely (or narrowly, but

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Robert Noland rnol...@2hip.net wrote: On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:24 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Kevin Stange at 12/05/09 18:23 did gyre

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Robert Noland
On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 16:16 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Robert Noland rnol...@2hip.net wrote: On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:24 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Colin Guthrie wrote:

Re: Xorg support to import options for non-Input sections?

2009-05-12 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Robert Noland rnol...@2hip.net wrote: On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 16:16 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Robert Noland rnol...@2hip.net wrote: On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:24 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alan