Update to hal 0.5.12 or later?

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 18:26 +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote:
> Am 13.08.2009 um 17:56 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke:
> 
> > On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 17:31 +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote:
> >> - hal-probe-vmmouse uses hal-set-property with the --direct switch,
> >> which hal 0.5.11 does not offer.  AFAICT, there's no workaround,  
> >> since
> >> normal communiation with hald is not possible while it's starting up.
> >> This means that the X11 driver property will remain set to "mouse"
> >> instead of "vmmouse", prefering the standard driver over the VMware  
> >> one.
> >>
> >> Are there plans to update hal to 0.5.12 or newer anytime soon, or
> >> should I try to come up with a patch?
> >
> > Hal has been updated to 0.5.13 in the MarcusCom CVS repository pending
> > the release of GNOME 2.28 in September.  You can preview this by going
> > to http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi .
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply!
> 
> Is there an easy workaround for the hal-set-property --direct issue in  
> the meantime?  Or should I just locally change the fdi to always set  
> input.x11_driver=vmmouse?

I think locally modifying and installing the overriding fdi file is the
way to go now.

Joe

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefan
> 
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