Re: [Utopia] soundcards in utopia



On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 15:40 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:

> * Jessica likes to shake it when speaking on the phone. Since she
> started using Skype, she can't move from her desk. So she bought a
> bluetooth headset. She wants to connect the headset and use it for all
> her VoIP communications, but still wants to use the main speakers and
> microphone to work on her music.
> 
> * Britanny wants to use her desktop microphone when her webcam with the
> microphone isn't plugged in, as she doesn't want her would-be boyfriend
> to see her in her undies, so unplugs the camera before speaking to him
> on GnomeMeeting.

You redefine "use cases", hadess.

> HAL can be used to detect soundcards being plugged in and removed, as
> well as headsets being paired and connected to.
> 
> It might be necessary to write another "daemon" like gnome-volume-
> manager to handle new events from HAL, and modify the sound
> configuration according to the user's preferences.

I've thought about s/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-hardware-manager/.

As long as it is a simple action/response that can be coded as an FSM,
I'd be willing to add it to g-h-m.

	Robert Love





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