From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 23 07:03:09 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 51A661065673 for ; Sun, 23 May 2010 07:03:09 +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 E73AC8FC1B for ; Sun, 23 May 2010 07:03:08 +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 o4N731SL089948; Sun, 23 May 2010 00:03:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 00:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:03:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20100523070300.GB51338@thought.org> References: <20100523035657.GA88868@thought.org> <20100523073050.e65804fe.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100523073050.e65804fe.freebsd@edvax.de> 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: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: 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 07:03:09 -0000 On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 07:30:50AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:01 -0700, Gary Kline 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