From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FAjuX-00019c-Nt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:27:18 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1J8QHqe003562; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:26:17 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (cumulus.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1J8MHL0032416 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:22:19 GMT Received: from orpheus (dsl-203-113-236-18.SA.netspace.net.au [203.113.236.18]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 667E27B5D7 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:22:15 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] trying kde "no support for hal"?? From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1140332858.32656.5.camel@mach.qrypto.org> References: <1140331888.13013.10.camel@orpheus> <1140332858.32656.5.camel@mach.qrypto.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:52:08 +0930 Message-Id: <1140337328.13028.13.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8b6c617e-5d43-405a-9ba7-d17baae123c8 X-Archives-Hash: 5b0e9bf0d26c42fc40e1ad2ebb2cf739 On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 09:07 +0200, Rumen Yotov wrote: > On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 16:21 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > The kde tryout is progressing well. However, I just tried to plug in my > > usb storage drive. Nothing happened. > > > > I found the Settings > Peripheral > storage media; and there is an > > option: > > "Enable HAL backend (No support for HAL on this system)" which is greyed > > out. > Assume you have "sys-apps/hal" installed. > Have you started it-/etc/init.d/hald start (rc-update add hald default). sorry, in my haste I forgot to mention that, yes I have it installed and started (before I logged into kde). > As there's a close relation between kernel version & dbus,hal,ivman > versions, not all combinations work, watch out. hmm, I have linux-2.6.15-r5 (suspend2); hal 0.5.5.1-r3; dbus 0.60-r4; and ivman I've never heard of!! What do I need it for? Do you see any problems with these versions? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs. -- Francis Bacon -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list