Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows by
making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
I agree that this is objectionable.
In any case, dpkg --force-help should tell you what you need to know in
order to get rid of hal.
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John Hasler
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To
Jochen Schulz wrote:
Dirk:
John Hasler wrote:
File a bug against xserver-xorg and firmly but _politely_ explain your
objection.
someone already did...
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515214
Well, the first messages in this bug report weren't very polite
either...
and i
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
some true a**hole 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
Javier Barroso wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote:
some true a**hole 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
Hi,
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote:
some true a**hole 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
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows
by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
Just for clarification, is this in Debian stable or test?
Randy Kramer
--
I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I
Hi,
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Randy Kramer rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows
by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
Just for clarification, is this in Debian stable or
Randy Kramer wrote:
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows
by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
Just for clarification, is this in Debian stable or test?
Randy Kramer
unstable.. if it was already in
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:59 +0200, Dirk posted:
Randy Kramer wrote:
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows
by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
Just for clarification, is this in Debian stable or test?
Thorny wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:59 +0200, Dirk posted:
Randy Kramer wrote:
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows
by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
Just for clarification, is this in Debian
Thorny writes:
Well, complaining here will probably not do much for you either, even
though you have now identified your version. You might want to try a
developers list rather than a users one. Of course, they might not like
the way you explain your complaint.
File a bug against xserver-xorg
John Hasler wrote:
Thorny writes:
Well, complaining here will probably not do much for you either, even
though you have now identified your version. You might want to try a
developers list rather than a users one. Of course, they might not like
the way you explain your complaint.
File a bug
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
Thorny writes:
Well, complaining here will probably not do much for you either, even
though you have now identified your version. You might want to try a
developers list rather than a users one. Of course, they
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
Dirk:
John Hasler wrote:
File a bug against xserver-xorg and firmly but _politely_ explain your
objection.
someone already did...
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515214
and the replies, nitpicking and bullshitting already took more place,
energy and time than
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:51, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
Thorny writes:
Well, complaining here will probably not do much for you either, even
though you have now identified your version. You might want to try a
developers list rather than a users one. Of course, they
Kelly writes:
Anyway, X can make very good use of some of the services hal provides,
and there is no sensein Xorg recreating that functionality when it
already exists.
That is grounds for a Suggests, or perhaps even a Recommends. It is
not grounds for a Depends.
I know of nothing Hal does
On 14 Apr 2009, Javier Barroso wrote:
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
Thorny writes:
Well, complaining here will probably not do much for you either, even
though you have now identified your version. You might want to try a
developers
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:01:01 +0200
Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote:
Thorny wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:59 +0200, Dirk posted:
Randy Kramer wrote:
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote:
some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows
by making hal a
Hi,
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote:
But how to avoid adding hal in a dist-upgradeāļ?
Now you can't, you will have to wait debian release a
xorg-xserver-nohal or similar package (as suggeted in the bug
commented before in this thread)
Regards,
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To
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:12:25AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote:
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:51, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
Thorny writes:
Well, complaining here will probably not do much for you either, even
[snip]
Actually, hal is a rather useful piece of
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:22 +0300
Micha Feigin mi...@post.tau.ac.il wrote:
They know exactly what they do, and it's been in experimental for
testing for a long time now. The whole idea is to allow hot plugging
devices such as mice, printers etc. If you look in
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:06:34PM +0100, Graham wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:22 +0300
Micha Feigin mi...@post.tau.ac.il wrote:
They know exactly what they do, and it's been in experimental for
testing for a long time now. The whole idea is to allow hot plugging
devices such as mice,
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