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" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" EndSection ---------------------------------------- to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
But how to avoid adding hal in a dist-upgrade¹? ¹ /Tue Apr 14-11:00:39SDA6# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: gnome-doc-utils gnome-mime-data gnome-mount gvfs *hal hal-info*... ... Hugo