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:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-sBHL3xTjX-TKP6kMyAs_qtaH5PQgLz1CG4rkHwMJHEOp7cBvkcm4cUzGGRFrVnM1JFrULYBaYHE-wMwK9EDpyNRr77pyidzV6Y4zWKCC2VXO0TQOqihIajJz-9HbEfNsFk7/s400/without_hal.png)
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:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BXHn_ITmkrpLYba08nYwO8StIitCBpjyoPKLbvNSFF-N78ECiR0PWwMLEuqyM6KXYOK26KQVtWdh2gVM_z1mPFbrYTpgkMuk43Paz5RweS70F7aFKJMk12HkDB8IE16GfslA/s400/with_hal.png)
3 comments:
Hi, nice post... I am just starting with Arch and E17, and I followed your tutorial but when I get to "/etc/rc.d/hal start" my system says "Command not found"... How can I find out where hal installed?
If you are using arch, this might make sense to you:
# pacman -Ql | grep /etc/rc.d/hal
hal-git /etc/rc.d/hal
#
It is a command that I just executed for you, and it shows that the /etc/rc.d/hal file came from the package called hal-git.
If that does not help, feel free email me at the address shown at the top of this blog under "contact me here". Or maybe I will find you in the #e channel on irc.freenode.net.
Hey Vernon,
I'm using Bodhi Linux 1.2 (ubuntu+e17), which has the latest HAL installed, but not running. It is experiencing the same behaviour as you see. When I launch the HAL daemon, and load the places module, I'm getting a segv fault. Ever see this? I'm not compiling from source, like you did. I check the version. and it is the latest one for HAL.
Cheers,
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