Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

[Dirk <noisyb@gmx.net>]

Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Dirk:
> > the X11 in debian/unstable is very broken right now. It requires HAL  
> > which i replaced with a dummy package and now the "DontZap" option in  
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf is also broken... I can't quit X11 with ctrl+alt+bs  
> > anymore...
>
> I have that problem as well and I am using the real HAL package.
>
> > Is that HAL dependency supposed to make it into stable?
>
> I suppose yes, but I don't know. And I think it has nothing to do with
> the DontZap problem.
>
> > I would like to know so because then I can move our machines to another  
> > distro soon enough before the shit hits the fan.
>
> Dude, calm down. It's just a package. :)
>
> J.

if i remember correctly "DontZap" was supposed to fix ctrl+alt+bs in X11 
when no HAL was installed... now it seems i can't even change the X11 
resolution anymore without HAL...

it's not just a package... it's an indicator for debian losing touch 
with it's main user base: people who dont want all that stuff Ubuntu 
offers, especially annoyingly, interfering junk like HAL...

i bet it wont even matter anymore if i compile X11 myself, huh?

debian should really have waited until HAL was obsoleted by something 
better like devicekit...


Dirk