Some points/issues to discuss about the desktop

[Scott James Remnant]

On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 17:36 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 08:20:21AM +0800, John wrote:
> 
> > Plug a new NIC into a RHL box, and Kudzu pops up when you boot and asks 
> > about it.
> 
> I've tested kudzu, and I don't find it very friendly.  It prompts the user
> about all sorts of hardware that they don't need to know about (USB hubs,
> even devices it calls "unknown").  We should do something in this area, but
> I don't think kudzu would be a good base for it.  Rather, a modern
> equivalent would interface with hal, which should greatly improve its
> usability.
> 
Hopefully hotplug, hal and NetworkManager will provide this candy (as I
understand it) ...

Right now Warty should detect the NIC (in hotplug) and load the
appropriate module for it, making it available for configuration in
g-s-t.

For Hoary, NetworkManager/netapplet/whatever wins would see the device
in hal, see it's connected to a network and attempt DHCP.

Scott
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~scott
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