haldaemon problem

[david walcroft]

david walcroft wrote:
> Todd Zullinger wrote:
>> david walcroft wrote:
>>  
>>> No I do not have rpm -V hal hal-libs and no messages in the in the
>>> log.
>>>     
>>
>> David, the rpm -V command above doesn't install anything and will only
>> report on problems found.  If it ran without any output, it means that
>> you have hal and hal-libs installed and that all the files from those
>> package match what was originally installed.  (See man rpm for more
>> details on verifying packages.)
>>
>> I would look for error messages in /var/log/messages to see why
>> you seem to be getting errors starting the haldaemon service.  You
>> could open to terminals and run "tailf /var/log/messages" to watch the
>> messages logfile in real time.  Hit return a few times to add some
>> blank space.  This makes it easy to see new lines.
>>
>> In another terminal, run "service haldaemon restart" and watch for any
>> errors or warnings in the first terminal.
>>
>>   
> Pardon my ignorance but what are my options.
>
> rpm {-V|--verify} [select-options] [verify-options]
>
>    david
>
>
OK I found some more reading and found "rpm -vv"
There was nothing about 'hal'

  david