On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:52 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Gwe, 2005-12-30 at 13:27 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote: > > I pondered this a few months ago -- we need a small application that > > when hardware is inserted (HAL event) can query a set of xml descriptors > > and then prompt the user with a libnotify type bubble. Done as a session > > service, like g-p-m and g-v-m. I think it's sufficiently different to > > g-v-m to constitute a different service. > > > And the modem reboots or gets reset while a user is not logged in losing > you connectivity until the next login and event gets noticed. Thats why > the Linux approach is to do this below the user level - not forgetting > from the fact you can really upset some devices by loading bogus > firmware and possibly load hacked firmware as an end user with other > models of operation.
Ahh, I was talking more about firmware like wireless card firmware, that all you have to do is bung it in /lib/firmware and the card magically works. Maybe I've missed the point with ADSL modems -- sorry. Richard. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
