> > > Does anyone start the hald or dbus daemons, and if so why? > > > > They are used for desktop integration of removable media. So when you > > plug in your usb flash drive, you get a nice icon on your desktop. If > > you do not care about that, then you do not need them. > > That's just _one_ of it's many features. > > If you're doing for a Server, then forget about it. For Desktop/Laptops > it's useful. Going forward, nearly _all_ apps will rely on dbus/hald for > H/w status. Eg: Gnome-Power-Manager detects from HAL whether there is > "X" capability or if "Y" has happened etc.
Thanks a lot. I've been thinking a bit lately about the proper balance to strike between keeping things minimal and making things functional. HAL is a perfect example. I don't have any use for it at the moment, but when somebody plugs a new device into XP and it immediately starts working without any configuration or driver installation, well.... - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
