On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:30, Jacob S wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:58:45 +0100 > > Wolfgang Pfeiffer <roto@gmx.net> wrote: > The only place I see hotplug mentioned in a 2.6 kernel image is that > certain earlier versions _conflict_. I use hotplug with 2.6. Newer version of hotplug split off coldplug which does a nice initialisation on boot that apparently decent hardware doesn't require. You could maybe upgrade to the latest hotplug but not install coldplug if you have decent USB hardware and want a faster boot. > As for hal and udev, neither is currently installed on my Athlon 2200 > XP+ running a 2.6.9-2-k7 kernel image. That said though, udev does sound > pretty useful and is something I've been meaning to learn more about and > setup on my machine I love both HAL and udev -- they make the computer so much more user friendly. Someone drops by with a USB memory stick? Just plug it in... Buy an ipod, plug it in, and you'll see it mounted under /media/ieee754drive (I think, I changed it to /media/ipod in a conffile). It gives linux the positive parts of plug&play. I understand hal would be even nicer if I used gnome, but the gnome-vfs-manager is supposed to be becoming a freedesktop project and so KDE will support the same features RSN... Having said that, I don't care about boot times, I boot my computer perhaps once a week and so the difference between one minute to boot and ten isn't important. I would be keen on better suspend support, but that's coming along slowly. Still, if Wolfgang wishes to live without it, then it doesn't worry me. I'm just glad I get to keep using it :-) Corrin
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