Using HAL for X Server Config Properties?

[Johnson, Charles F]

Sorry, I meant  to say "did't" seem to fit well.  

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Johnson, Charles F
>Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:11 AM
>To: 'Discuss issues related to the xorg tree'; Xavier Bestel
>Cc: Richard Hughes; xorg at freedesktop.org; hal at lists.freedesktop.org
>Subject: RE: Using HAL for X Server Config Properties?
>
>I admit that the idea to use HAL for X config properies & option itself
did
>seem to fit well, but I'm new to the X server and HAL so I wanted to
spur
>some discussion.  This is great stuff guys!!
>
>Thanks.
>
>--Charles Johnson
>Intel Corporation
>charles.f.johnson at intel.com
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:xorg-
>>bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Stone
>>Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:07 AM
>>To: Xavier Bestel
>>Cc: Richard Hughes; xorg at freedesktop.org; hal at lists.freedesktop.org;
>>Discuss issues related to the xorg tree
>>Subject: Re: Using HAL for X Server Config Properties?
>>
>>On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 05:41:41PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 16:56, David Zeuthen wrote:
>>> > t looks for X servers that are not yet configured
>>> >
>>> >  3. A suitable unconfigured X server is configured. The settings
(e.g.
>>> >     resolution, color depth, multiple monitors etc.) is read from
the
>>> >     users settings (e.g. gconf).
>>>
>>> Users settings, even with good UI to manage them, are still a pain
for
>>> newbies. When plugging a new gfx card, the X server should instantly
>>> extend its display to it, and then perhaps the desktop should
propose to
>>> change the configuration.
>>
>>Absolutely, but the user needs to be able to change it anyway.