Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 07:30:50 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hal daemon??? Message-ID: <20100523073050.e65804fe.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20100523035657.GA88868@thought.org> References: <20100523035657.GA88868@thought.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20100523073050.e65804fe.freebsd>