abhijeet2096 / kdrivermanager

kdrivermanagement will be driver management solution targeted for kde user's. It will use ldm library provided by Solus-Project.

KDriverManager {K.D.M} Under-Development

Distro Independent Driver management Solution

Introduction

Kdrivermanager is aimed to provide distro independent driver management solution for KDE Plasma.

The Kdrivermanager uses [linux-driver-management(https://github.com/solus-project/linux-driver-management) for device enumeration, hotplug capablities and device abstraction. Intial Proposal can be found here

Brief Overview

1. kdm-daemon is a KDED module to listen for new devices and able to suggest suitable driver on the go.

2. kdm-kcm is the front-end for providing the driver management solution. It uses the standard KDE-KCM style and is subclassed from it.

Developement Environment

As described above, this project is splitted into two sub-projects, kdm-kcm and kdm-daemon. Both of these contain their own CMake files. For building these, make a build folder into the directory

1. $cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DKDE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR=lib  -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF

2. $make

To-Do [Very Naive work-flow]

1. Start basic code layout for CMake [Completed]

2. Complete the basic code for kded module and kcm and check for basic data exchange between them, via DBus.

3. Write Initializer for ldm-manager, to listen and enumerate device and display the same on kcm

4. Use some database/ldm-lib for driver solution and package-kit API Call to install the required driver.

5. Move the KDM-KCM from QWidgetStyle to QML

Background

I started this project back in Aug 2018, but could not focus much due to some other important engagement.

References/Inspiration

1. https://github.com/solus-project/linux-driver-management

2. https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Manjaro_Hardware_Detection

3. https://github.com/KDE/kubuntu-driver-kcm

4. https://userbase.kde.org/Color_Management