From: Stamatis Mitrofanis <ewstam@softhome.net>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Hotplug can configure XFree86
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 00:11:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-100923910820843@msgid-missing> (raw)
Hotplug can be made so that it maps PCI device descriptions to records
in the XFree86 card databse (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards) and update the X
configuration file accordingly.
This way we can have a nice centralized hardware management system that
configures everything. Also, this way it can work flawlessly with the
automatic driver download system I wasted (...) so much time on.
One way to do it is to separate the XF86Config file to "hot" parts and a
"cold" part. The hot parts are managed by hotplug and are merged with
the cold part after every change.
Unfortunately, this won't be very helpful for hotplugging stuff for the
X server to use immediately while it is running, since XFree86 just
won't reread its configuration file.
What it could do though is set up the X server at boot-time.
I hope you people find it a good idea. I am trying to do an implementation.
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next reply other threads:[~2001-12-25 0:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-25 0:11 Stamatis Mitrofanis [this message]
2001-12-27 20:32 ` Hotplug can configure XFree86 David Brownell
2001-12-27 23:00 ` Stamatis Mitrofanis
2001-12-28 1:10 ` Bill Nottingham
2001-12-28 4:51 ` David Brownell
2001-12-30 3:23 ` Stamatis Mitrofanis
2001-12-30 3:56 ` Miles Lane
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