General Support - hal and initscripts dedot - 21.10.2006, 11:17 Uhr Titel: hal and initscripts
is it ok now to upgrade again "initscripts" and "hal" from testing to unstable? Are there still any issues?
CrashedAgain - 22.10.2006, 04:53 Uhr Titel: RE: hal and initscripts
Maybe this is a dumb question...but what is "hal"?
dedot - 22.10.2006, 08:54 Uhr Titel: Re: RE: hal and initscripts
CrashedAgain hat folgendes geschrieben::
Maybe this is a dumb question...but what is "hal"?
The mainframe in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
apt-cache show hal
Description: Hardware Abstraction Layer
HAL provides an abstract view on hardware.
.
This abstraction layer is simply an interface that makes it possible to
add support for new devices and new ways of connecting devices to the
computer, without modifying every application that uses the device.
It maintains a list of devices that currently exist, and can provide
information about those upon request.
CrashedAgain - 22.10.2006, 16:13 Uhr Titel: RE: Re: RE: hal and initscripts
Thanks
hubi - 22.10.2006, 16:31 Uhr Titel: RE: Re: RE: hal and initscripts
dedot,
don't know what the issue should have been, I use 0.5.8.1-2 from Sid on my three boxes and do not experience any problems.
If it is about icons on the desktop (somebody was complaining about that, but i don't know if it was a hal-issue), I can't say, I shut down the hardware-icons on the desktop.
In init 3 you also can do:
apt-get remove --purge hal
apt-get install hal [plus everything which was deleted with it]
reboot
Should work fine then.
hubi
samoht - 25.10.2006, 15:48 Uhr Titel:
dedot,
updating hal to unstable (0.5.8.1-3) is safe again.
Mounted devices via media:/ in konqueror (or krusader) and their desktop icons are visible again.
