Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:03:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hal daemon??? Message-ID: <20100523070300.GB51338@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100523073050.e65804fe.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100523035657.GA88868@thought.org> <20100523073050.e65804fe.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 07:30:50AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:01 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > > > 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? > > HAL is not complicated, it's just useless. :-) > > No, honestly: You first need to install it from ports or > packages, then add > > hald_enable="YES" > > to your /etc/rc.conf. > > # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start > > should then start this service. If may (!) be possible that > this isn't sufficient, and you need to install and run DBUS > as well. > > And maybe you need to recompile X and some of your programs. > > > > > Have you already tried to play (just play) a music CD with the > base system's command > > # cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 play 1 > > This should work basically, without HAL, without X. In such a > case, it's often good to start with the easiest implementation > just to see if it works. > I think i had to reset automount and begin playing or whatever from the KDE Controls. truth is, this used to be easier with ol' sound-juicer. AlTHO, maybe it took a bunch of other configs. anyhow, looks more hopeful now. gary ps: for my next trick: getting a dvd to play..... X-| . > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- 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
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