Re: [gentoo-user] kdm & french keyboard

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 July 2010 22:12:32 Dale wrote:
>
>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday 14 July 2010 09:58:02 Stéphane Guedon wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with you, but I like to make things in order with the rules
>>>> (without  relation to udev).
>>>>
>>>> But I don't like udev, its syntax is really hard to understand for user
>>>> !
>>>>
>>> Dale, here's your chance to jump in and comment.
>>>
>>> This user *obviously* never had to deal with hal.
>>>
>> Oh crap.  You mean udev uses xml config files too?  Well, at least udev
>> hasn't broke my keyboard and mouse.  lol   I don't have to much trouble
>> with udev.  Heck, the one time I did, I deleted all the config files and
>> re-emerged the thing.  Worked great then.  I think one got messed up
>> somehow.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
> No, not XML. It uses something MUCH better. It uses this:
>
> $ cat rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
> # This file was automatically generated by the /lib64/udev/write_cd_rules
> # program, probably run by the cd-aliases-generator.rules rules file.
> #
> # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line
> # and set the $GENERATED variable.
>
> # DVD+-RW_AD-7640A (pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0)
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="cdrom", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="cdrw", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="dvd", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="dvdrw", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> # Mass_Storage (pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:2:1.2-scsi-0:0:0:0)
> SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*",
> ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="HUAWEI_Mass_Storage-0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrom1",
> ENV{GENERATED}="1"
>
>
>
> See how fantastic this is? See how this conforms to The One True (Unix) Way?
>
> See how it looks nothing like XML (invented by a Windows user, obviously), and
> actually looks a lot like perl with regexes?
>
> On second thoughts, it looks nothing like perl. There aren't enough $, @ and %
> symbols in it. But the regex bit stands.
>
> :-)
>
>

I'm glad deleting the config files and re-emerging worked for me then.  
It would certainly not work if I had to edit all that mess.  Reminds me 
of chickens.  You know, chicken scratch.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-)