Re: What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?

[Tom Rauchenwald <sehnsucht.nach.unendlichkeit@quantentunnel.de>]

Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il> writes:

> I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in X. I tried
> changing /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it
> keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way to do this so
> it won't get erased every time?

Put your changed file in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/, and it should be
used by hal and it won't be touched on upgrades.

> Thanks

-tom

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