PACKAGE NAME: hal-0.5.10-i486-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./libs PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 666 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2150 K PACKAGE MD5: e8355b58215770e2178b045cc2547d1f ./libs/hal-0.5.10-i486-1.tgz PACKAGE REQUIRED: PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: hal: hal (The HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer) hal: hal: HAL is a piece of software that provides a view of the various hal: hardware attached to a system. HAL keeps detailed metadata for each hal: piece of hardware and provides hooks so that system and desktop hal: software can react to changes in the hardware configuration (such as hal: the insertion of a DVD, or a USB flash memory stick). Users in the hal: "plugdev" or "cdrom" group will be able to use such devices on the hal: desktop without the need to mount/umount them manually. hal: hal: For more info, see: http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal