Avoid HAL on Ubuntu 10.04?

[Peter Smith]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:28 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Hal was removed from the startup process in Lucid:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/TechnicalOverview
> but is still used for other applications. I can't recall the command to
> check for existing applications that depend on hal, but I'd recommend
> you keep it.
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal
> http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-power-manager/hal.html
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomePowerManager/FAQ
>
> What you see are 'Warnings' from gnome-power-manager:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager
>
> I've yet to figure out the source/meanings of the warnings (I get them
> as well on all of my machines) & have even purged and reinstalled
> gnome-power-manager in attempt to resolve the problem. However, they are
> 'Warnings', so ignore (or attempt to debug) them.
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager

Maybe you are thinking of the "apt-cache rdepends" command.

Do you get the precise same warnings as me? I have also tried to
install HAL on the test system, that removed the warning some time,
but then suddenly it was back even though HAL still was installed.

I haven't found the last link before, i would try to read through that page now.