James Tyrer posted on Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:50:57 -0700 as excerpted: > I was upgrading my system (Linux From Scratch is my distro) and I find > that the new version does not include HAL. > > Does KDE-4.8 have any specific requirements for HAL, or can it use the > FreeDesktop replacements for HAL? > > I am not currently using HAL because trying to start it locks up my > system.
AFAIK, KDE4 hasn't used hal since 4.5, the last feature-release to use it. One of the big changes for 4.6 was the switch to u* (udev/udisks/ upower), and during the regressions of 4.6.2/4.6.3, I remember recommending that people either stick with 4.5.5 if their distro still had hal, or 4.6.0 if not. It's possible there was some configure option to enable it for a couple versions, but not that I know of, and it has been hal-free from 4.6 on, here. k3b did still require hal for a bit, but that's not part of the main kde desktop; its a separate app that happens to be kde based, and even it has been off of hal for quite some time, now. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
