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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online ....
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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.




-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...