Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:48:29 +0000 (GMT) From: philip brown <brown_philip@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user haldaemon does not exist Message-ID: <20061130214829.42931.qmail@web53005.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <456F4FDC.2080702@FreeBSD.org>
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--- 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 gnome installation failed (dodgy disc i think) however it missed one package that I received manually via pkg_add -r gnome2. i forget which, however only 1 package which was a few hundred kB's thanks for quik response ICQ# 126468680www.icq.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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