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Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-) - Hald and xorg?
From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
To: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, KDE does -not- need hal. KDE uses the SOLID system for automatic
> mounting/unmounting of removable/non-removable drives.  There are two
> backends for SOLID. Hal, and udisks.  Since FreeBSD does not support udisks,
> then the only viable SOLID backend, at the moment, is the hald one.  The
> kde@ team plans to eventually write a devd SOLID backend, but they are
> extremely busy, so any help in that would be most welcome.. avilla@ can
> probably elaborate on that.. cross-posting my reply to the kde@ ML so they
> can chime in if need be.

There's a devd-based automounter available in the Forums that works with KDE4:

https://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29895

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Freddie Cash
fjwcash@gmail.com