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On 08/14/14 00:24, Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:29:42 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:08pm] 316 % grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log*
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented,
>> (??) unknown.
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log:(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log:(EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context:
>> unknown error (null)
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not
>> implemented, (??) unknown.
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> As you can see, "config/hal: couldn't initialise context:
> unknown error (null)" is a very helpful message. :-)
>
>
>
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:15pm] 317 % grep hal /var/log/messages
>> Aug  5 08:47:54 kabini1 pkg: hal-0.5.14_26 installed
>> Aug  5 09:16:51 kabini1 root: /usr/sbin/service: WARNING: $hald_enable
>> is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
> This is what you should have a look at. You sould have
>
> 	hald_enable="YES"
> 	dbus_enable="YES"
>
> in your /etc/rc.conf file.
>
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:19pm] 318 % service hal start
>> hal does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup
>> directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d)
> Yes, it's "service hald start". The service's name is "hald"
> for "HAL daemon", and HAL means "hardware abstraction layer",
> a technology "mandatory" to X (unless you "uncomple" it),
> deprecated in Linux long time ago. :-)
>
>
>
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:23pm] 319 % man hal
>> No manual entry for hal
> See "man hald". There are many more manpages referenced in
> the "SEE ALSO" section.
>
>
>
>

hald is in fact running, & both entries are in my rc.conf file ....

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