Using the Places module (or Gadget) in e17 or enlightenment

Apparently the new version of the enlightenment window manager (called e17 as of now) trys to use udisks instead of hal. But some of the modules, such as Places, have not been updated to use udisks yet.

So, if you load the "Places" module, and then add the Places gadget to, say, your bottom shelf in enlightenment, it may look something like this:So it just shows a blank grey area with no Gadget in it. Not to mention that if you plug a usb device in, the Places module will not detect it. So in order to fix this, I did this:

Solution

1) installed the hal daemon from here.
   a) if you are using archlinux, 
      first install cower from the AUR, and then ...
   b) cower -d -d hal-git
   c) make dependencies first if needed
      I only needed hal-info I think
   d) cd hal-git
   d) makepkg -s
   e) sudo pacman -U hal-git-someDateYouBuiltIt-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
2) Then start the hal daemon
   For archlinux users, probably # /etc/rc.d/hal start
3) removed the old Places gadget from my shelf
   right click the Places gadget 
   (which is just a blank area) -> Gedget Places -> Remove
4) unloaded the Places module
   left click desktop -> settings -> modules -> Places -> unload
5) restarted enlightenment 
   left click desktop -> enlightenment -> restart
6) reloaded the Places module 
   left click desktop -> settings -> modules -> Places -> load
7) added the Places gadget to my shelf 
   left click shelf -> settings -> gadgets -> Places -> add gadget
8) plugged in a usb camera ...
   watched it appear as a new device on the shelf ...
   inside the Places gadget ... Yay!
9) Right Click Places -> Gadget Places -> Move to -> Desktop

My Places gadget on the desktop now looks like this with a camera plugged into a usb port:
And when I click on it, it opens a file manager, and shows me the files on my camera ... imagine that. Hope this blog post helps get the Places module working on your desktop.