TREE: FC3 (kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3) ARCH: x86 PACKAGES: hal-0.4.2-1.FC3, hal-gnome-0.4.2-1.FC3 Description of problem: When selecting a ieee1394 device (I have a ieee1394 dvd burner) in hal-device-manager, I get the following traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/hal/device-manager/DeviceManager.py", line 125, in on_device_tree_selection_changed self.update_device_notebook(device) File "/usr/share/hal/device-manager/DeviceManager.py", line 481, in update_device_notebook self.update_tab_device(device) File "/usr/share/hal/device-manager/DeviceManager.py", line 302, in update_tab_device bus.set_label(Const.BUS_NAMES[device.properties["info.bus"]]) KeyError: 'ieee1394' How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot FC3 with a ieee1394 device plugged in 2. Start hal-device-manager 3. Select the device in the tree
Created attachment 107751 [details] hal-device-manager screenshot with ieee1394 device
As stated by upstream on a few occasions, hal-device-manager is only a development tool and thus not of production quality hence, why it's not installed by default. In a future release of Fedora Core there will be a much better UI for visualising and managing hardware.