Re: halp?

[Carson Gaspar <carson taltos org>]

Joseph Sacco wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Can you fake it? If by "it" you mean the absence of kernel header files,
> the answer is "no".  You will need to install the kernel header files
> for your distro.  
>
> I don't believe that the 2.6.16.1 kernel is new enough to support the
> recent changes in HAL. 
>
> What to do...
>
> There are choices:
> * update your kernel
> [I believe 2.6.17.1 will work]
>
> * retreat to the previous versions of hal and dbus.

I vote for choice 3:

* Beat the dbus/hal maintainers about the head and shoulders until they 
understand that gratuitously breaking older kernels is a Very Bad Idea.

*sigh* And people wonder why gnome has a bad rep...

--
Carson