configure xorg for flat panel

[PJ]

Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 04:29:48PM -0400, PJ wrote:
>   
>> But this does not explain why hal did not function correctly... as far
>> as I can see, hal is a piece of crap. It has never fuctioned on any of
>> my installations, and there have been several. I really am offended for
>> being taken as a guinea pig for some greenhorn programmers who don't
>> have common sense. So far, it looks like the only way to get things
>> running with Xorg is by "blind man's bluff" - grope and poke and hope
>> something works.
>>     
>
> I guess with your vast depth of experience, you a) would know that HAL
> has nothing to do with output code _at all_, and b) will be providing a
> patch to fix it all.
>   
Somehow, I think my vast depth of experience is more related to common
sense and not to the mechanics of smart-ass programming. As a patch, I
suggest just another band-aid ... maybe over lips or maybe the keyboard.