Am 01.05.2011 15:58, schrieb Julien Cristau: > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 15:53:17 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Am 01.05.2011 15:34, schrieb Julien Cristau: >>> Does this mean for example that if X is running, and I kill hal, it will >>> be restarted automatically so it can tell the already running X server >>> about possible new input devices? >> >> That should be possible. But then, that depends on how Xorg is setting up and >> using the Hal D-Bus interface, e.g. if it uses dbus_bus_start_service_by_name() >> or a Ping() to auto-start hal. >> I don't know the Xorg code, so I can't tell. >> > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/config/hal.c Xorg seems to use libhal_ctx_init() in connect_and_register() and we ship http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/hal/0.5.14-5/02_libhal_dont_check_running.patch So it *should* work. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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