* Re: [gentoo-user] scrapping hal
@ 2010-10-28 3:50 99% ` Dale
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From: Dale @ 2010-10-28 3:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Philip Webb wrote:
> 101027 Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> I wondered if there is some kind of guide to scrap hal.
>>
> > From my notes, having done it on 2 desktops machines + 1 netbook :
>
> To remove Hal : drop '-hal' flag, add 'udev' flag ;
> update to Xorg-server>= 1.8.0 -drivers>= 1.8
> Xinit>= 1.2.1 + drivers ;
> re-merge Exo Thunar ;
> delete refs to 'mouse' 'keyboard' in xorg.conf ;
> remove 'hald' fr /etc/runlevels/default/ .
>
> IIRC Hal is needed to the KDE desktop, but not for most KDE apps;
> I use Fluxbox + quite a few KDE apps; Exo Thunar belong to Xfce.
>
>
I think KDE is moving away from hal to tho. I read somewhere the switch
is coming. I think it is switching to policykit at some point. I
notice it is already in the USE flags for kdelibs here, disabled here at
the moment tho. That would be if it doesn't change again.
Dale
:-) :-)
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