Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:02:19 +1000
Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 04:57:44PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:39:16 +1000
> > Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 03:22:03PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > > > This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount anything* on its own. It
> > > > > > merely passes information to a *volume manager*, which can be configured
> > > > > > to do whatever you want. I run HAL, and I've never had devices
> > > > > > automounted. When I tried once more, before firing off this message, lo
> > > > > > and behold my USB key did indeed automount, but I investigated and
> > > > > > realized that it was some component of xfce that was doing it. When I
> > > > > > unchecked the box "Settings / Removable Drives and Media / Storage /
> > > > > > Mount removable drives when hot-plugged", the old behavior returned.
> > >
> > > isn't this because it writes out HAL efi files ?
> > > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi
> >
> > Not sure what you mean; I currently have xfce's automounting enabled,
> > and that file you mention is virtually empty (it contains a couple of
> > commented out examples, and not much else.
> I also have the xfce4 automount options off and it looks to me like it
> has set them in this file
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
>
> <!--
> Some examples how to use hal fdi files for system preferences
> You can either uncomment the examples here or put them in a seperate
> .fdi
> file.
> -->
> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
> <!--
> The following shows how to hint gnome-volume-manager and other
> programs
> that honor the storage.automount_enabled_hint to not mount
> non-removable
> media.
> -->
> <!--
> <device>
> <match key="storage.hotpluggable" bool="false">
> <match key="storage.removable" bool="false">
> <merge key="storage.automount_enabled_hint"
> type="bool">false</merge>
> </match>
> </match>
> </device>
> -->
> </deviceinfo>
>
>
> What I was trying to suggest is that you were using hal even though you
> thought you were not.
I have the same file. There's nothing in it, since those stanzas are
commented out, and they seem to remain commented out, even when I
enable automounting in xfce. Are you suggesting that xfce changes the
file? I don't think that it does.
In any event, those stanzas aren't to enable automounting, but to
disable it for non-removable media, and besides, as Kelly points out,
they're just hints to the automounter, which does any actual work, and
is configured separately, so once again, Dirk's claim that HAL somehow
hijacks his ability to mount as he sees fit is simply incorrect.
Celejar
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