Re: usb plug/unplug notifications

[Michael Cronenworth <mike cchtml com>]

On 07/09/2009 09:14 PM, Ardhan Madras wrote:
> For desktop application (because we are GTK+ forum) there is HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) 
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal to receive events and informations from devices and the kernel, 
> gnome-volume-manager use HAL to know when a device has been attached then do some task that the user has 
> defined (eg. mount).
>    

I'd advice against programming to HAL unless your environment requires it.

DeviceKit is the future.


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