Re: [gentoo-user] scrapping hal

[Dale]

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

:-)  :-)