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
:-) :-)
