Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows by
making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
you can get the sovereignty over your system back by purging hal from
your installation and adding this
-------------------------------------
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
EndSection
----------------------------------------
to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
But how to avoid adding hal in a dist-upgrade¹?
¹
/Tue Apr 14-11:00:39SDA6# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gnome-doc-utils gnome-mime-data gnome-mount gvfs *hal hal-info*...
...
Hugo
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