[Vectorlinux-devel] vl-hot 0.3.6 with vl-hot-configurator!

[Jose J. R. <jo...@gm...>]

Here's announcing the release of vl-hot 0.3.6 with vl-hot-configurator!

http://jjrweb.webhop.net/vl/dev/vl-hot/downloads/development/vl-hot-0.3.6-noarch-4vl6.tgz
http://jjrweb.webhop.net/vl/dev/vl-hot/downloads/development/vl-hot-0.3.6-noarch-4vl6.tlz

The configuration utility is written in Gambas stable and so requires
the installation of at least the gambas-runtime-full-1.0.15 package.
It only needs QT, so should be ok on Dynamite. You will find usage
help in the form of tooltips.

I put "4vl6" on the packages because they will not work on a virgin
5.1 or SOHO 5.1.2 system (needs recent udev changes by vec). I am
developing and testing the vl-hot 0.3.x line on my highly modified (at
least regarding kernel and udev) SOHO.

I am also unsure if the gambas-runtime package will work on Dynamite
as it was built on SOHO 5.1.2 (will test this as soon as I get the
5.9.9 next week). Let me know if it works for you or not.

The vl-hot-configurator supports all the vl-hot.conf settings except
for EXCLUDED_DEVICE and INCLUDED_DEVICE. These should be added for
0.3.6.1 (soon). Unfortunately, the use of the Gambas settings-file
functions clobbers the vl-hot.conf file somewhat (removes all comments
and whitespace), so I modified it to suit.

The package has 2 .desktop files, 1 for KDE, and 1 for XFCE (and
probably Gnome), which should show up in the Settings submenu. The one
for KDE has the root user setting included, so KDE will automatically
launch it with kdesu. This did not work for XFCE, so I modified the
exec command to use gksu. However, I can't seem to find gksu in my
Dynamite (a bit out of date by now), don't know if it is included in
5.9.9. Anyway, there is a gksu package on the repo which might work on
Dynamite. If an alternative to gksu is used in Dynamite, kindly let me
know ;).

So enjoy and please test the configurator extensively and give feedback...

Regards,
Joe1962