1 Apr
2012
1 Apr
'12
3:32 a.m.
On Mar 31, 2012, at 23:12, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:
udev is always active. Compiling tdebase with the option I provided
disables all media:/ kioslave ties to HAL, so no extra measures need to be
taken to test the new backend.
meeting_topics++;
--
later daze.
I recently pushed a new (alpha quality) backend for
the
media:/ kioslave which uses udev/pmount and therefore does not rely on
HAL. I encourage developers here to try it out!
Please report failures to this list, not to the bugtracker,
as it has not been tested much beyond mounting simple flash drives.
Encryption support is buggy, but repairing it is my next task.
Rhis will NOT be made default for R14.0 due to the vast
array of hardware that it still needs to be tested on, but if your
distribution no longer works with HAL it may be better than nothing even
in this
alpha form.
To enable it, pass the -DWITH_TDEHWLIB="on" option to
tdebase CMake.
Enjoy!
Thanks for your hard work Tim. I know this is a big move and much needed.
Do you have a test plan to help us begin testing? Not to test the
compiling but to test usability.
For systems that don't have hal the test probably is straightforward:
Initiate device changes and verify the device icons and popup dialog
appears.
What about those systems still supporting and installing hal? Do we
temporarily disable the service? How does disabling hal interact with
udev? If we temporarily disable hal for testing, device
recognition should work
in TDE, but won't work outside that environment because no hal replacement
mechanism yet exists. Does that affect testing in any manner?
If WITH_TDEHWLIB=ON, does that interfere with the hal/udev or work with
those services?
It works with udev, but disables the ability for the media:/ kioslave to
use HAL.
Hence, the question about a test plan. A test
plan will help us test
methodically.
Sorry, I don't really have one--perhaps as the new backend approaches beta
quality I can draft one up. If I forget feel free to remind me. :-)