Re: xorg.conf less ?

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

Alex Samad wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:09:18PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > Wayne Topa wrote:
> > > SAMUEL JOSE PEREIRA CARNEIRO MACDOWELL wrote:
> > > > I'm squeeze on HP Pavillon tx1420us and Linux hp 2.6.26-2-amd64
> > > > and gnome is OK nevertheless . . .
> > > >
> > > > hp:/etc/X11# ls -l
> > > >
> > > > total 41
> > > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > This one
> > >
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     0 Out 12 17:58 xorg.conf
> > Except it's empty!
> >
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf is the correct file.
>
> the newer xserver packages are using hal to automagically configure X.
> look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and you will see the devices being added and
> configured
<snip obsolete information>

I did not realize that had become the new method, although I do remember 
someone ranting that hal was taking over X.

Thanks Alex, Now I'll look into just what hal is doing to my system.

Regards

Wayne