From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 23 03:57:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91FDC106564A for ; Sun, 23 May 2010 03:57:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 533688FC15 for ; Sun, 23 May 2010 03:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4N3v29x089039 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:01 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100523035657.GA88868@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Subject: hal daemon??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 03:57:06 -0000 i am finally making some progress, however slight. i tried using sound-juicer with the -d=/dev/cd1 and a popup [dialog] said something about hal not running. i 'm guilty of inattention to detail here. how to i fire up this daemon? or is it more complicated than that? tia, gary ps: after quite some time, amarok was able to recognize the cdrom and even the several titles. but i can't play anything. so, still stumped. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel