F10 beta: No xorg.conf, where to tweak Synaptics pad?

[Adam Jackson]

On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 12:33 -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 05:25:34PM +0200, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > On 2008-10-08, 22:27 GMT, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > > So, X has achieved the holy grail of no config file by moving
> > > all the config files to a far more obscure place and changing
> > > them to undocumented xml gibberish?
> > 
> > No, the point of this should be that computer will automagically 
> > recognize which device you have and take from the database of 
> > configurations
> 
> There is a small fly in this ointment.  The above may work, usually,
> but very far from always.  For example, if monitor EDID data are
> faulty or not present at all, and this is _not_ a hypothetical
> situation, then a configuration you are getting is busted.  Also
> something which is possible, and even "correct" in some sense, does
> not need to be optimal/desired in a given situation.
> 
> It sounds like another of those "90% solutions" which happen to
> work, more or less, for a developer in her/his particular
> configuration and which are screwing you often enough.
> 
> > (and take a look at /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy for 
> > illustration should look like)
> 
> Yes, I had do that on various occasions.  It is never clear
> what to do with this dreaded XML maze or if what you are trying
> to hack even has a chance of working.  Shudder!

Seriously, people.  If there's no xorg.conf file, and you need one, make
one.

- ajax
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