On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 10:51:01PM +0100, Daniel Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> * Drivemount applet issue:
>   ------------------------
> 
>   In gnome configuration editor, the key:
> 
>   /system/storage/display_internal_hard_drives
> 
>   was deactivated (don't know if it was activated prior to
>   updating gnome packages). After activating it, now I can see
>   the drive icons for my hda partitions.

It was probably introduced in gnome-vfs2 2.12 and the default is indeed off.
> 
>   Perhaps this is the correct way, and drivemount applet behaviour
>   - showing those partitions (by chance) without hal - was
>   not consistent ?

Correct, without hal gnome-vfs can't make the distinction between internal and
external drives so all are shown. So this is indeed not a hal but, just some
behaviour that changed with G2.12

> * Battery applet issue:
>   ---------------------
> 
>   (Workaround is described in the battery applet help)
> 
>   This version of the battery applet (2.12.2), can use either hal or
>   acpid. It seems to use hal by default if it's present and running.
> 
>   For some reason:
> 
>   a) hal is giving incorrect information to battery applet, or
> 
>   b) the applet is reading the info in a wrong way. I think this is the
>      most probable case?:
> 
>      I have run the hal device manager, before and after disconnecting
>      the laptop's AC adapter, and its presence / absence is shown
>      correctly in hal device manager, in each case.
> 
>   To disable hal use, in gnome configuration editor, go to path:
> 
>   /apps/panel/applets/applet_#/prefs/
> 
>   (# is the number corresponding to battery applet)
> 
>   create a new boolean key called "no_hal", and set it to "true".
>   Then restarting the gnome session the battery applet's status keeps up
>   to date with AC adapter's plug / unplug events.
> 
>   Certainly, I am also not sure if the battery applet did not use hal
>   in previous version or it did (to explain the change in behaviour).

This can be either a hal bug or a applets bug. As it works fine on my powerbook
it'll probably be a hal bug wrt. acpi. Could you send the output of running
``lshal'' and a sample of ``lshal --monitor''  ?

  Sjoerd
-- 
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.
                -- R. A. Heinlein


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