Bug 6039

Summary: Different way of configuring X
Product: xorg Reporter: Hagai Kariti <hobbithk>
Component: Server/GeneralAssignee: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: high    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:

Description Hagai Kariti 2006-02-25 20:22:38 UTC 
I have a suggestion of a different way to configure X. I don't know if it's
possible (I think it is) or if someone else has already suggested it (bugzilla
doesn't have something like that at least..). So here goes:
I was thinking about doing the config changes through X instead of regenerating
xorg.conf externally and then restarting the server.
When X loads, it reads the xorg.conf, and in order to change it you communicate
with X.org and tell it what to change\add\remove, X regenerates the config file
by itself (probably making a backup of the old one) and if possible applies the
changes at runtime.
I hope I got myself clear, and sorry if it's already possible somehow.
Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2006-04-04 22:39:20 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2589 ***

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