Apparently, though unproven, at 17:31 on Monday 15 November 2010, Grant Edwards did opine thusly:
> On 2010-11-14, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Finally, if xorg-server-1.8 is around the corner to be stabilised I > > suggest that you unmask it and use the xorg.conf file that we all > > know and love. :-) > > Using xorg.conf with 1.7 is simple enough (it's what I do on all my > other machines). That's why I don't understand why the Gentoo > developers decided to use HAL by default when it seems to be widely > acknowledged to be such a disaster. The Gentoo devs made no such decision. Upstream did. Gentoo closely tracks upstream, unless upstream is completely broken. HAL might be a crock of chit, but it does not render X broken and not usable. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
