From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 20:02:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 385C910656C2 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:02:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwinlculp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E61B78FC19 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxc34 with SMTP id 34so894290vxc.13 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:02:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HKkpQHNOzG3Xa0FIYuSfKJ4VjPS1N9M5qW/r34EIdtw=; b=xZtnlFH9f/Tg9XpkmEuay4e6AIQ7lgkOwViG9KpMxqMNjnOsb1Vh52r/qr/1Xt8WBK YnXsuU2xAobm30rrKmlBRF3Xd98kELV8t45y64+1CInVPEpVUW1Uq5pYBFG3B4vuYhhD SiqVXEUrvuLJH5u9wq3iFU9o7vIDgyBatM8Is= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lwuKBWsdpjZHvkWDhDMQhF0Bo+T63D7/JsmGYWFNDph9u7oJ1gA01Oy65vbdMLcZEA bEtKlETrD6WTg8C6wflC19yRICoNwIOzf7F4Dt3dtJOZwjw8gX09vDp0SFp1bhnCF8mq OXiVgeyX/uLeOE0UypqNCu22kxDM0Mn+bkUKI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.161.225 with SMTP id xv1mr2307615vdb.189.1298576060275; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:34:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.200.137 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:34:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20110224102357.15af921c@scorpio> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:34:19 -0600 Message-ID: From: "Edwin L. Culp W." To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: HAL's demise X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:02:14 -0000 2011/2/24 Warren Block : > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Jerry wrote: > >> Is FreeBSD now "HAL" free or is it still a requirement? I still have it >> activated via "/etc/rc.conf" If it is not needed, I would be happy to >> remove the entry. > > It's not a requirement. =A0You can build xorg-server without it, and ther= e are > other mechanisms available to provide at least some of the same > functionality in FreeBSD. =A0For example, using devd to detect hot-plugge= d USB > devices. =A0There isn't yet a complete replacement like Linux's udev, tho= ugh. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Sounded like a good idea to me but ;) pkg_deinstall hal-0.5.14_12 ---> Deinstalling 'hal-0.5.14_12' pkg_delete: package 'hal-0.5.14_12' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: k3b-2.0.2 kdeaccessibility-4.5.5 kdeadmin-4.5.5 kdeartwork-4.5.5 kdebase-4.5.5 kdebase-runtime-4.5.5 kdebase-workspace-4.5.5 kdeedu-4.5.5 kdegames-4.5.5 kdegraphics-4.5.5 kdelibs-4.5.5 kdemultimedia-4.5.5 kdenetwork-4.5.5_1 kdepim-4.4.9_1 kdepim-runtime-4.4.9 kdepimlibs-4.5.5_1 kdeplasma-addons-4.5.5 kdesdk-4.5.5 kdetoys-4.5.5 kdeutils-4.5.5_1 kdeutils-printer-applet-4.5.5 kwebkitpart-0.9.6.b1_1 libktorrent-1.0.5 marble-4.5.5 py26-kdebindings-kde-4.5.5 py26-kdebindings-pykdeuic4-4.5.5 system-config-printer-kde-4.5.5 ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) ! hal-0.5.14_12 (pkg_delete failed) On up to date current. FreeBSD home.encontacto.net 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #168: Wed Feb 16 05:30:19 CST 2011 root@home.encontacto.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO i386 Just a FYI even though I'n not a big fan of Ha