From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-03-26T02:23:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Detecting hardware with Ruby

Jason Voegele wrote:

> I solved this problem by using init scripts.  I have two init scripts
> called setup_home and setup_work.  These scripts copy alternate versions
> of configuration files depending on whether I'm at work (attached to
> external monitor, keyboard, etc.) or at "home" (unattached laptop).  I
> have one of these two scripts start depending on the runlevel. I can then
> choose a run level at boot time, which is very easy with GRUB, and these
> scripts will choose the right settings for me.

Ah, much nicer.  I've got a custom runlevel already for booting without 
X--don't know why it didn't occur to me to do this for booting with a 
different X server layout.  Thanks, Jason!  This will do nicely.

I may still try to experiment with the hardware detection route... just 
for fun... ;)

-- 
Jamis Buck
jgb3@email.byu.edu
http://www.jamisbuck.org/jamis

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