Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:01:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: dbus, hald, policykit Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804122052080.80439@wonkity.com>
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Given that HAL and friends are now pretty much standard for desktop environments, shouldn't the Handbook have some (FreeBSD-specific) basic material on them? For starters: Overview HAL is a Hardware Abstraction Layer that attempts to "Make Hardware Just Work." http://www.ometer.com/hardware.html PolicyKit is a framework for defining policy for HAL. D-Bus is a message bus system that allows applications to communicate with each other. Enabling (in rc.conf) dbus_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES" polkitd_enable="YES" Basic Configuration adding a user to the operator group how to enable/disable automounting of removable media changing mount options for removable media /usr/ports/sysutils/hal-device-manager More Information http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal ...and that's pretty much everything I know about it, so someone else would have to expand on this. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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