[PATCH] Wayland X server uses xwayand.conf instead of xorg.conf

[Bill Spitzak]

(sorry for duplicate I forgot to do reply-all)

Yes the reason I need an xorg.conf is that I need the wlshm driver. 
According to the documentation the other drivers work automatically, so 
if it is possible to detect this then there should be no need for a file.

However this does not fix the problem this patch is addressing. Even if 
*no* xorg.conf file is needed, it is impossible to tell xwayland to not 
use an existing xorg.conf file, such as one needed to run legacy X on 
the same machine. The text in this then screws up xwayland and it does 
not run.

An alternative to my patch is to change it to *never* read the config 
file. However this seems unsafe, for instance currenlty the wlshm driver 
cannot be made to work. Also even if all the driver/screen problems are 
fixed, it appears xorg.conf files are needed to fix events for Xlib 
programs. In one machine I have this is the only way to get two 
different mice to have different button assignments.

Tiago Vignatti wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 08/30/2012 07:23 AM, spitzak at gmail.com wrote:
>> From: Bill Spitzak <spitzak at gmail.com>
>>
>> This allows X applications to be run on wayland without having to
>> delete an xorg.conf file that is required to run the normal X server.
> 
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the only reason I'm seeing for 
> having a separate config file on Xwayland is to set a different video 
> driver, in particular the wlshm.
> 
> In that case a reasonable solution is to make Xwayland guess whether a 
> fallback is needed and automatically sets it internally. We discussed 
> awhile ago it and maybe you want to enhance the patch I started:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2012-May/003320.html
> 
> let me know if you need some help.
> 
>           Tiago
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