%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ HAL HAL is a hardware abstraction layer, which is a piece of software that provides a view of the various hardware attached to a system. In addition to this, HAL keeps detailed metadata for each piece of hardware and provides hooks such that system and desktop-level software can react to changes in the hardware configuration in order to maintain system policy. The most important goal of HAL is to provide plug-and-play facilities for UNIX-like desktops with focus on providing a rich and extensible description of device characteristics and features. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &hal-md5sum; Download size: &hal-size; Estimated disk space required: &hal-buildsize; Estimated build time: &hal-time; Additional Downloads Recommended USB ID list: HAL Dependencies Required , and Recommended (with a current pci.ids file) Optional , , , , , GNOME-Python (run-time requirement to use the hal-device-manager program), and If you downloaded the USB ID list, install it by issuing the following command as the root user: install -v -m644 ../usb.ids /usr/share You must create a dedicated user and group for the HAL daemon before installing the package. Issue the following as the root user: groupadd -g 19 haldaemon && useradd -c "HAL Daemon User" -d /dev/null -u 19 \ -g haldaemon -s /bin/false haldaemon Install HAL by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \ --localstatedir=/var \ --enable-fstab-sync \ --enable-pcmcia-support && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && install -v -m755 -d /var/run/hald --libexecdir=/usr/sbin: This parameter forces the installation of libexec files to /usr/sbin instead of /usr/libexec. --localstatedir=/var: This parameter forces the creation of the pid file to /var/run/hald instead of /usr/var/run/hald. --enable-fstab-sync: This parameter will ensure the fstab-sync program is built. --enable-pcmcia-support: This parameter provides extended PCMCIA support. /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf and /etc/hal/* /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf /etc/hal/* Research is underway to determine exactly what configuration is necessary. To automatically start the hald daemon when the system is rebooted, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/haldaemon bootscript from the package. haldaemon make install-haldaemon Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories fstab-sync, hal.hotplug, hal-device, hal-device-manager, hal-find-by-capability, hal-find-by-property, hal-get-property, hal-luks-remove, hal-luks-setup, hal-set-property, hal-system-power-hibernate, hal-system-power-set-power-save, hal-system-power-suspend, hald, hald-addon-acpi, hald-addon-hid-ups, hald-addon-pmu, hald-addon-storage, hald-addon-usb-csr, hald-probe-hiddev, hald-probe-input, hald-probe-pc-floppy, hald-probe-printer, hald-probe-smbios, hald-probe-storage, hald-probe-volume and lshal libhal.[so,a] and libhal-storage,[so,a] /etc/hal, /usr/include/hal, /usr/share/doc/hal-&hal-version;, /usr/share/hal and /var/run/hald Short Descriptions fstab-sync updates the file systems table file /etc/fstab and creates/removes mount points in /media in response to HAL events. This program is usually never run directly from a shell; instead it is invoked as a callout by the HAL daemon. fstab-sync hal-device is used to create, remove or show a HAL device. hal-device hal-device-manager shows a graphical respresentation of all the devices HAL is aware of. This program requires GNOME-Python. hal-device-manager hal-find-by-capability prints the Unique Device Identifiers for HAL device objects of a given capability. hal-find-by-capability hal-find-by-property prints the Unique Device Identifiers for HAL device objects where a given property assumes a given value. hal-find-by-property hal-get-property retrieves a property from a device. hal-get-property hal-luks-remove is a HAL method wrapper for cryptsetup remove. This program requires LUKS. hal-luks-remove hal-luks-setup is a HAL method wrapper for luks-setup. This program requires LUKS. hal-luks-setup hal-set-property attempts to set property for a device. Note that, due to security considerations, it may not be possible to set a property. hal-set-property hal-system-power-hibernate is a HAL wrapper script for system power saving features. This program is currently not supported on LFS platforms. hal-system-power-hibernate hal-system-power-set-power-save is a HAL wrapper script for system power saving features. This program is currently not supported on LFS platforms. hal-system-power-set-power-save hal-system-power-suspend is a HAL wrapper script for system power saving features. This program is currently not supported on LFS platforms. hal-system-power-suspend hald is the HAL daemon program. hald lshal shows all devices and their properties. If the --monitor option is given then the device list and all devices are monitored for changes. lshal libhal.[so,a] contains the API functions required by the HAL programs. libhal.[so,a] libhal-storage.[so,a] contains the API functions required by the HAL storage and volume utility programs. libhal-storage.[so,a]