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

[Michal Jaegermann]

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!

   Michal