FC9 xorg.conf

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 21 April 2008 18:43:23 Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 21 April 2008 17:44, Jesse Keating wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 17:39 +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
> >>> To set the default xrandr options (resolution, screen layout),
> >>
> >> If we're getting these wrong by automatic detection, have ou filed a bug
> >> to get that fixed?
> >
> > Which is more useful - individual bugs for different sections, or one bug
> > defined to cover all the sections so that we add our pieces?
> >
> > Anne
>
> Hum... I'm not having any xorg.conf file and I have not run into any
> problems. ( so far : )
> T61p (x86_64bit ) and Dell inspiron 6000 ( i386 )
>
> It would be good to have it posted here first I think and ajax
> ( or some other that might knows the status of things and could comment
> on what has been done and what remains
> or if things should not already been fixed.)
>
> A lot of this has already been fixed (some in git )I think ( correct me
> if i'm wrong ).
>
> You should not experience keyboard layout not being correct ( or the
> same as you chose in anaconda)
> when installing the preview release.
> ( you will experience that with previous releases and the preview live
> CD, ).
> If you are using any of the other previous releases, beta, rawhide iso's
> or the preview live cd then you need
> to.
>
> A.
>      Use the tool in gnome or kde or system-config-keyboard from cli, to
> set the keyboard to the layout you choose in
>     ( Gnome System --> Preference --> Hardware --> Keyboard --> layouts
> --> Add )
>     ( Somebody who uses can kde or xfce for can give the details for that.
> )
>
> B.
>     Add an section to xorg.conf  ( IT IS  GONNA BE REMOVED IN F10! TRY
> CONFIGURATION TOOLS FIRST )
>
> If you dont like your mouse speed again use the corresponding tools in
> you desktop environment to increase it!!!
>
> If the tools available don't work, then file a bug!.
>
At the time, both system-config-keyboard and kcontrol's keyboard screen knew 
that I needed a UK keyboard, but they did not manage to give me one.  Are you 
saying that I could now remove the xorg.conf stanza, and my (fully updated) 
system will work without it?  I'll try that tomorrow.

Anne

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