Bug#437528: should be able to have an xorg.conf with no ServerLayout, Device, or Screen

[David Nusinow <dnusinow@speakeasy.net>]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 06:42:40PM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> > If there is no xorg.conf at all, X automatically deduces default
> > settings that work in a lot of cases (including my own).  However,
> > if there *is* an xorg.conf, but it does not contain ServerLayout,
> > Device, or Screen sections, X refuses to start.
> >
> > It would be nice if, in this circumstance, the same defaults would
> > be used that are currently used if there is no xorg.conf at all.
> > Also, if I specify a Device or Screen section with the same name as
> > one of the built-in sections that get dumped to Xorg.0.log but
> > different contents, that should silently override *just that piece*
> > of the built-in defaults.
> 
> Hey David,
> 
> Is the above possible now that you have merged a lot of stuff in
> the server autodetection code?

Yes, I'd forgotten about this bug. This is fixed with ajax's work in 1.4,
so it can be closed.

 - David Nusinow