Bug#404038: xserver-xorg-core: non-modular configuration scheme
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 11:09:48AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 1.1.1-12
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> for ksynaptics, I need to enter "SHMConfig on" into the touch pad
> section of xorg.conf. When I do this, I lose all debian automatisms
> since the xorg maintainer scripts notice that the file was manually
> changed.
>
> Please provide a means to do such local modifications (like an overlay
> or an include file) without losing Debian magic.
It's most likely that we'll be abandoning the debconfage all together over
the next development cycle. Upstream development is heading towards dynamic
reconfiguration for everything we really care about, and all the rest can
simply be set to reasonable defaults in the server so we don't even need an
xorg.conf under normal circumstances. That'll make the overlay unnecessary,
but spirit of the idea is the same. Thanks for your report!
- David Nusinow
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