30-keymap-olpc.fdi move from hal-info considered harmful?

[Paul Fox]

martin wrote:
 > Sayamindu, rwh, and Team OLPC,
 > 
 > Please reconsider the resolution of
 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514081 .  Currently the
 > resolution of this bug -- moving the file from the hal-info rpm to the
 > olpc-utils rpm -- means olpc-utils must be installed for the
 > 30-keymap-olpc.fdi file mapping the XO-1{,.5} keys to be installed.

to be clear, the resolution wasn't to move the file -- there were
two copies, one incorrect, and we requested that the out-of-date
one be dropped.
    http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9421

but perhaps this was the wrong thing to do, for the reasons you've
given below.

paul

 > 
 > The problem with this is that olpc-utils brings in a raft of changes
 > that are inappropriate for non-OLPC installs of Fedora.  For example,
 > the "olpc" user is assumed to exist, its homedir is written to, and
 > olpc-dm is installed as the default display manager with the user
 > "olpc" as the auto-login user.  This breaks X startup unless the olpc
 > user exists.
 > 
 > Is there a better resolution that allows XO-1 keys to be recognised
 > on a F12 timeframe without olpc-utils's other changes?
 > 
 > Perhaps just putting the latest 30-keymap-olpc.fdi from
 > http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-utils/plain/etc/hal/fdi/information/30-keymap-olpc.fdi
 > back into the hal-info package?
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Martin

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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org