From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:09:14 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1265672354.9561.46.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100208222047.GA6553@muc.de>
On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 22:20 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hi, Gentoo!
OH HAI!
[snip to the crux:]
> Can this new-style fragmented XML configuration do anything that a good
> old-fashioned, human-readable and compact xorg.conf can't? If so, what?
> What am I missing here?
presumably you're missing the previous conversation on this topic:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/225223/focus=225223
> Please, somebody, tell me all this HAL stuff is straightforwardly
> explained in an easily accessible Gentoo document, so that I can hang my
> head in shame and apologise for the noise! ;-)
isn't it just done for you?
$ slocate 10-input-policy.fdi
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi
iain@orpheus ~ $ equery belongs /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi
* Searching for /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi ...
sys-apps/hal-0.5.14-r2 (/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi)
so why are you copying these files by hand?
--
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
A university faculty is 500 egotists with a common parking problem.
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Thread overview: 134+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-08 22:20 [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? Alan Mackenzie
2010-02-08 23:39 ` Iain Buchanan [this message]
2010-02-09 12:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2010-02-09 14:08 ` roundyz
2010-02-08 23:41 ` Paul Hartman
2010-02-09 0:19 ` Mark Knecht
2010-02-09 0:53 ` Dale
2010-02-08 23:42 ` Tom Hendrikx
2010-02-08 23:45 ` Mark Knecht
2010-02-09 2:17 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-09 8:16 ` Dale
2010-02-09 10:47 ` Willie Wong
2010-02-09 11:11 ` Dale
2010-02-09 14:13 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-09 22:58 ` Dale
2010-02-10 0:47 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-02-10 1:02 ` Dale
2010-02-10 1:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-02-10 2:15 ` [gentoo-user] OT: " Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-10 2:30 ` Dale
2010-02-10 4:02 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-02-10 0:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-10 1:29 ` Dale
2010-02-10 7:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-10 8:24 ` Dale
2010-02-10 9:38 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-10 10:04 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-10 11:37 ` Dale
2010-02-10 10:24 ` Dale
2010-02-10 15:36 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-10 15:57 ` Dale
2010-02-10 16:15 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-02-10 18:10 ` Dale
2010-02-09 10:27 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-09 12:43 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-09 13:33 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-09 14:10 ` Mark Knecht
2010-02-10 12:57 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-10 13:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-10 14:18 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-10 14:29 ` Dale
2010-02-11 4:39 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-11 4:54 ` Dale
2010-02-11 6:44 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-11 9:03 ` Dale
2010-02-10 20:47 ` pk
2010-02-11 7:31 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-11 8:05 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 21:40 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 22:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 22:35 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 22:53 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 22:56 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 23:03 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:10 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 23:21 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:42 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-11 23:50 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:31 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 23:52 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-12 6:53 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 7:15 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-12 2:24 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-02-12 6:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 9:48 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-12 7:44 ` [gentoo-user] " Graham Murray
2010-02-12 7:51 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 8:00 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 9:42 ` Graham Murray
2010-02-12 10:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 14:48 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-12 10:47 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 19:23 ` pk
2010-02-12 19:30 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 20:06 ` pk
2010-02-12 20:15 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-13 0:27 ` Willie Wong
2010-02-12 22:58 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-13 10:17 ` pk
2010-02-13 10:47 ` Willie Wong
2010-02-13 7:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-13 11:02 ` pk
2010-02-14 14:46 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 15:17 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 15:29 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 17:09 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 18:38 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 18:46 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 18:52 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:08 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:26 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 19:38 ` pk
2010-02-12 19:46 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 20:14 ` pk
2010-02-12 20:25 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 21:39 ` pk
2010-02-12 22:13 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-13 9:43 ` pk
2010-02-13 10:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-14 14:59 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 15:15 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 15:31 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 17:19 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 18:44 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:08 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-17 14:26 ` [gentoo-user] fat libraries [WAS: How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?] Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:50 ` [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? Alan McKinnon
2010-02-17 11:45 ` [gentoo-user] Rethinking binfmts [WAS: How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?] Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-17 16:13 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-13 10:12 ` [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? Alan McKinnon
2010-02-14 14:55 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-11 23:59 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-11 22:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-11 22:47 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 23:58 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 14:40 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:39 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 16:53 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-13 6:39 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-13 7:51 ` Graham Murray
2010-02-13 10:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-13 20:49 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 14:27 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-15 9:57 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-02-15 19:20 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-15 20:23 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-15 23:41 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-16 19:00 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-16 8:23 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-02-16 14:32 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-16 18:05 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-09 8:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-09 14:08 ` Mike Edenfield
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