[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#527738: fails to read properties from callout script

[Michael Biebl]

martin f krafft wrote:
> Package: hal
> Version: 0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2
> Severity: important
> File: /usr/bin/hal-get-property
> 
> I cannot get a property from a HAL callout script:
> 
>   + hal-get-property --udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input --key input.xkb.variant
>   Could not initialise connection to hald.
>   Normally this means the HAL daemon (hald) is not running or not ready.
> 
> HAL is started (or the callout wouldn't run), so the only
> explanation I have is that HAL does not able to answer queries while
> processing callouts. It seems hal-set-property has the --direct
> option (not documented in the manpage) to work around this, but
> hal-get-property does not recognise that option.
> 
> How am I to read parameters from HAL during the execution of a HAL
> callout script, if the standard user interface methods don't work?

What are you trying to do, why do you need such a --direct option for
hal-get-property?
Could you please describe in more detail what your problem is.

Thanks,
Michael

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