>> As you look at the code I have written over the past year,
>> you can see I have been attempting to abstract all of these functions
>> into
>> a simple, easy-to-use, standardized TDE API that new (or old)
>> applications can use to easily gain access to information that is
>> normally very
>> difficult to retrieve.  Another main function of this structure is
>> to effectively separate the (complex and prone to upstream breakage)
>> backend code from the user application code, obviating the need for full
>> rewrites of TDE applications code when upstream backends change.
>
> I have pmount installed on a system without HAL. Automounting is not
> working on that system.
>
> In my build script I enable only WITH_HAL or WITH_TDEHWLIB:
>
> if [ -x /usr/sbin/hald ]; then
>   BUILD_HAL=${BUILD_HAL:-ON}
>   BUILD_TDEHWLIB=${BUILD_TDEHWLIB:-OFF}
> else
>   BUILD_HAL=${BUILD_HAL:-OFF}
>   BUILD_TDEHWLIB=${BUILD_TDEHWLIB:-ON}
> fi
> ...
> -DWITH_HAL=${BUILD_HAL} \
> -DWITH_TDEHWLIB=${BUILD_TDEHWLIB} \
> ...
>
> Here are the symptoms:
>
> * In the device icon popup menu, selecting Properties no longer shows the
> Mounting tab in the dialog.
>
> * Digital camera icon never appears.
>
> * Inserting a USB flash drive into a different physical port results in
> using a default desktop icon label. with a HAL system, once configured, I
> can insert a USB drive into any port and the icon label remains
> consistent.
>
> * There seems to be no support to convert existing device icon labels,
> requiring the user to reconfigure from scratch.
>
> * Safely Remove does not always work.
>
> * Inserting a DVD results in a much longer delay than with HAL enabled
> systems to show the dialog prompt.
>
> * Ejecting the DVD from the popup menu does not work.
>
> I do not experience these symptoms when building with a HAL system.
>
> Darrell

I cannot understate the amount of functionality that was lost when HAL was
abandoned.  It will take a long time to rebuild everything to the same
level of functionality that once was available through HAL.

I assume basic manual (non-automatic) mounting is working on your test
system?

Tim