Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:41:48 +0000 (GMT) From: philip brown <brown_philip@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user haldaemon does not exist Message-ID: <914350.4123.qm@web53013.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1164925743.56244.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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--- Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 21:48 +0000, philip brown > wrote: > > --- Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > philip brown wrote: > > > > I'm running 6.2 RC1 and I get the following > error > > > > message (follows) when hald tries to start up. > > > > > > > > I added a regular user named "haldaemon" with > > > adduser > > > > and hald all worked fine. > > > > > > > > I also > > > > 1.) commented out cdrom device in /etc/fstab > > > > 2.) made sure /media folder existed > > > > 3.) pw group mod operator -m philip as in q.19 > g2 > > > faq > > > > > > > > so I do have a working hald installation, > however > > > I > > > > would like "haldaemon" as a system account > (ie. > > > like > > > > www or uucp or pop). not like a regular end > user > > > (ie. > > > > philip david dweezil moon_unit). > > > > > > > > I am relatively new to freebsd administration, > can > > > > somebody please advise how I would achieve > this. > > > > > > > > I would imagine on installation "haldaemon" > should > > > > have been installed? > > > > > > How did you install hal? This user should be > > > created automatically by > > > the port and/or package. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > - -- > > > Joe Marcus Clarke > > > FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org > > > FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - > > > http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > > > > > > iD8DBQFFb0/cb2iPiv4Uz4cRAkB/AJ0d5bdOHfR1iEXPmL6yZquqIxOmPQCbBJsq > > > jsZXlxH8/8sBdDNA4B2Susk= > > > =f2pO > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > Just off the 6.2 RC1 cd packages... > > > > installed Freebsd with x and the after logging > into x > > I ran sysinstall - configure packages - gnome > > The user will be added provided PACKAGE_BUILDING is > not defined in your > environment. I don't see any reason why this would > fail otherwise. > > Joe > > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > a follow up to "user haldaemon does not exist" now that I have RC2 installed. I have the same problem as before. I installed from 6.2-RC2-i386-disc1.iso the x-user distribution... once this was complete I logged in as non-root user, fired up x, su'd in terminal and installed from /usr/sbin/sysinstall - "6.2-RC2-i386-disc2.iso" the gnome2-2.16.1_2 pkg which in turm automatically checked dependencies. I did not check any other pkg's. installation of gnome completed without any errors. so same "user haldaemon does not exist" after ammending /etc/rc.conf and rebooting. to fix I: cd /usr/ports/sys/hal make deinstall make install and I was greeted with : Added group "haldaemon". Added user "haldaemon". so hal is working fine, for me this seems to be a problem with not creating haldaemon group/user when gnome is installed from /usr/sbin/sysinstall ICQ# 126468680www.icq.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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