haldaemon problem

[david walcroft]

Todd Zullinger wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to restart the daemon and get this
>>
>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo /sbin/service haldaemon restart
>> Stopping HAL daemon:                                       [FAILED]
>> Starting HAL daemon:                                       [FAILED]
>>     
>
> Look in /var/log/messages for some some clues.
>
>   
>> Is it because I might not have haldaemon in my system.
>>
>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -qa | grep haldaemon
>>     
>
> No.  The package name isn't haldaemon, it's just hal.  If you didn't
> have it installed, you wouldn't have the init script that the service
> command runs. :)
>
> You could check with rpm -V that the hal packages aren't messed up (if
> there's nothing obvious in the logs):
>
> rpm -V hal hal-libs
>
>   
No I do not have rpm -V hal hal-libs and no messages in the in the log.

  david