Re: is xorg.conf still needed

[Luya Tshimbalanga <luya fedoraproject org>]

Adam Jackson a écrit :
> On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 01:12 -0400, Luya Tshimbalanga wrote:
>   
>> Speaking about xorg.conf. It would be nice to discuss about tablet device
>> support like Wacom model. So far I have to manually edit that file to fully
>> enable feature of stylus. Maybe talking to upstream would help.
>>     
>
> There's two pieces here.  One is just getting the driver loaded, which
> we do in fact handle.  If lshal shows your Wacom device, we'll load the
> linuxwacom driver on it automagically.
>
> The downside (and the other piece) is that we do so with absolutely none
> of the mandatory options specified, which means the driver refuses to do
> anything with the device.  Some of this we could fold into the base
> option set, but some of it really is user preference and needs to be
> exposed in the UI rather than in xorg.conf.  The goal is to have
> properties on input devices by the next X server release (ie, 1.6),
> which will work more or less like RANDR output properties, and will
> allow you to configure things like stylus/eraser/cursor/pad on the fly.
>
> - ajax
>
>   
Glad to hear properties on input devices will be easier on next X server
release.
For now, users with Wacom devices will have to set the properties on
xorg.conf until that issue is resolved. I will install Fedora 9 once it
is released.

Luya