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Bug #57755: Udev Rules for SmartCard Support	Wishlist	Fix Released
Bug #253223: ignoring s3-bios and s3-mode suspend quirks with nvidia cards does not work	High	Fix Released
Bug #267682: Some ThinkPad hotkeys don't work with evdev	Critical	Fix Released
Bug #267875: rf_kill interface not available for iwl3945, iwl4965 in 2.6.27	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #275825: After an upgrade to intrepid, HAL prefers old fdi-cache to new FDI files	High	Fix Released
Bug #277589: sony brightness on a geforce series older than 8 (nvclock works fine)	Undecided	Invalid
Bug #334299: Jaunty: No sound cards any more due to broken ACL management	High	Fix Released
Bug #347370: REGRESSION: volume labels have underscores instead of spaces	Low	Fix Released
Bug #361689: hald crashed with SIGSEGV in hotplug_event_begin_add_blockdev when assembling mdraid devices	Critical	Fix Released
Bug #368553: [jaunty] [TYPO in script - missing quote] line 81: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-killswitch-get-power-linux: line 84: syntax error: unexpected end of file.	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #372874: [ThinkPads] No brightness-notification - Bug in generic get_brightness function	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #375618: does not pass xkb* settings to xorg server	High	Fix Released
Bug #384890: power button not bringing up shutdown dialog [karmic]	High	Fix Released
Bug #399629: init script check for sysfs prevents hald to work correctly in openvz on hardy	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #427356: Boot Performance Updates	High	Fix Released
Bug #440797: error in fdi file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-sony-laptop-brightness.fdi	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #500723: hald-probe-input assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/hal/hald-probe-input: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x080492f9 ***	High	Fix Released
Bug #525245: umount.hal assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: /sbin/umount.hal terminated	High	Fix Released
Bug #528907: unable to mount disks in dolphin / hal permission denied	High	Fix Released
Bug #546992: libhal fails to dbus-activate hal	Medium	Fix Released

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382. By Martin Pitt on 2010-11-20

releasing version 0.5.14-4ubuntu1

381. By Martin Pitt on 2010-11-20

* Merge with Debian experimental. remaining Ubuntu changes:
 - Add support for smartdimmer backlight control for GeForce 7/8/9 based
   Sony laptops.
   + Add 04_nvidia_brightness.patch.
   + Add smartdimmer recommends.
 - debian/hal.postinst: Do not create plugdev and powerdev groups.
 - Add 00git_bigger_path_size.patch, see patch header.
* Use D-Bus activation to start hal
  - Remove debian/hal.{init,default}.
  - Add D-Bus system service file debian/org.freedesktop.Hal.service.
  - Add systemd service file debian/hal.service which allows to manage hal
    via systemd.
  - Install both via debian/hal.install, create a symlink for hal.service so
    it is enabled by default when using systemd.
  - debian/hal.preinst: Remove init.d/default/rc.d files on upgrade.
  - debian/hal.postinst: When being triggered by an .fdi file update, query
    D-Bus to get the main pid. If hald is running kill the process and
    restart it via D-Bus activation.
  - debian/hal.postinst: Restart hal on upgrades.
  - debian/hal.prerm: Stop hal on remove.
  - debian/patches/02_libhal_dont_check_running.patch: In libhal_ctx_init(),
    do not check if hal is already running, since it will get D-Bus
    activated. Thanks to Lionel Le Folgoc for the patch!
* Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1. No further changes.

380. By Martin Pitt on 2010-10-12

releasing version 0.5.14-3ubuntu1

379. By Martin Pitt on 2010-10-12

merge with Debian sid

378. By Martin Pitt on 2010-05-09

releasing version 0.5.14-0ubuntu6

377. By Martin Pitt on 2010-05-09

Add 00git_bigger_path_size.patch: Bump HAL_PATH_MAX to 4096. Patch taken
from upstream git head. (LP: #525245)

376. By Martin Pitt on 2010-05-09

Add 02_libhal_dont_check_running.patch: In libhal_ctx_init(), do not check
if hal is already running, since it will get D-Bus activated. Thanks to
Lionel Le Folgoc for the patch! (LP: #546992)

375. By Martin Pitt on 2010-04-01

releasing version 0.5.14-0ubuntu5

374. By Martin Pitt on 2010-04-01

Revert the previous change. We do not want any user to modify internal
system partitions without any authentication, it creates too much of a
security hole. Instead, the patch in kdelibs should be fixed, after all it
worked fine in karmic and earlier. (LP: #528907)

373. By Martin Pitt on 2010-03-31

releasing version 0.5.14-0ubuntu4