Re: HOWTO run xorg without hal

[Dirk <noisyb@gmx.net>]

Javier Barroso wrote:
> Hi,
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Dirk <noisyb@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
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Section "ServerFlags"
> >    Option      "AutoAddDevices"    "false"
> > EndSection
> > ----------------------------------------
>
> This days I'm reading  about hal is not very opportune in some cases
> [1]. I did a fast google search and google tells about HAL opens tries
> to open too files [2].
>
> Do you have any interesting (rational) link about these issues ?
>
> Regards,
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515214
> [2] http://www.linux.com/feature/55903

no... hal turns linux into a sinking ship...

i won't wait until hal also opens dialogs telling me "The Error contains 
an error." or something...

i will have stopped using linux before that happens...