On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 04:39 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > 2008/3/17, Victor Lowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 04:00 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > > > I think, the correct way is to fix the hal fdi file for the given > > > laptop. That's as easy as editing a file in /etc/pm and well > > > documented [1]. > > > I'm sure, Richard will agree. > > > > > > To you and Richard, mabye. To me, not so much. To an end user, you may > > as well ask them to jump to the moon. > > It's obvious that your solution is more intutive for you, as you wrote the > code. > > For an end user, editing a file in /etc is non-intuitive in either case.
Indeed. That is why I coded a solution that allows for a bit of sloppy editing and that requires mostly one-line edits on the part of an end user. > The difference is, that for hal exists a standardised format and lots > of documentation. > That's why I prefer this solution. The problem is that the standardized format is XML. XML is great for machines to read and process, not so much for humans. > If creating the fdi file for your machine is too complicated (which I > don't deny), then we could wrap this into a small helper tool (just > like hal-disable-polling). Hek, a pointer to an examples that goes into the levels of detail I ahve talked about would be nice. None of the ones I have seen so far do. > Let's hear, what others think about this issue. Agreed. > Cheers, > Michael > > -- Victor Lowther Ubuntu Certified Professional _______________________________________________ Pm-utils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-utils
