303943 – Pitivi does not run when Hal is not installed

Bug 303943 - Pitivi does not run when Hal is not installed

Summary: Pitivi does not run when Hal is not installed

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Hanno Böck

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Reported:	2010-02-07 23:34 UTC by Guillaume Bouchard
Modified:	2010-11-22 23:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Guillaume Bouchard 2010-02-07 23:34:22 UTC

Pitivi 0.13.3 use Hal for webcam detection, which is not mandatory to run pitivi correctly. If Hal is not installed, pitivi does not run.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install pitivi-0.13.3
2. run it without hal
3. see the nice python traceback

Actual Results:  
A nice python traceback complaining about dbus and HAL

Expected Results:  
pitivi running correctly without webcam support

I submited a patch upstream yesterday https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605920#c11 but until its approval and the release of a new pitivi version, this patch may be inserted in portage.

Comment 1 Olivier Crete (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-03-19 14:55:20 UTC

pitivi 0.13.4 makes the hal/dbus dependency optional according to the release notes

Comment 2 Hanno Böck gentoo-dev

2010-11-22 23:42:12 UTC

As this has been merged upstream, I think we can mark it as fixed.