[arch-general] Do I need HAL?

[Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Ananda Samaddar <ananda at samaddar.co.uk>wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:35:23 +0200
> "Guillermo Leira" <gleira at gleira.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>> WOW nice. So HAL is not needed anymore ?
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> Not for X. You may still need it for other things...
> > > >>
> > > >> Allan
> > > >>
> > > > Most notabaly KDE and Thunar
> > >
> > > and in gnome with gnome-power-manager to have some special keys
> > > support
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can I know if I still need HAL?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Guillermo Leira
> >
> >
> >
>
> You still need it if you're using XFCE.
>
> Ananda
>


that's because Thunar and Exo still use hal