F8: System-config-network crashes heinously

[Gilbert Sebenste]

Everything works fine on my network. But whenever I boot up, I get a 
message that the network manager applet has failed because it lacks some 
resources. And then, when I type "system-config-network", it crashes 
heinously with this message, running under kernel 2.6.24.7-92.fc8:

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Component: system-config-network
Version: 1.5.5
Summary: TB0b398516 connection.py:603:call_blocking:DBusException: 
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not 
provided by any .service files

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-network-gui", line 166, in runit
     window = mainDialog()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 
275, in __init__
     self.load()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 
300, in load
     self.loadHardware()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 
312, in loadHardware
     hardwarelist = getHardwareList()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 
759, in getHardwareList
     __HWList.load()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 
603, in load
     self.updateFromSystem()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 
483, in updateFromSystem
     self.updateFromHal(hdellist)
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 
447, in updateFromHal
     hal = NCBackendHal.NCBackendHal()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCBackendHal.py", line 31, 
in __init__
     self.halManagerObj = self._dbusBus.get_object("org.freedesktop.Hal", 
"/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager")
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 240, in get_object
     follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 236, in 
__init__
     self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 179, in 
activate_name_owner
     self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 277, in 
start_service_by_name
     'su', (bus_name, flags)))
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 603, in 
call_blocking
     message, timeout)
DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name 
org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files

Local variables in innermost frame:
byte_arrays: False
self: <dbus._dbus.SystemBus (system) at 0x8c71dac>
args: ('org.freedesktop.Hal', 0)
utf8_strings: False
bus_name: org.freedesktop.DBus
get_args_opts: {'byte_arrays': False, 'utf8_strings': False}
object_path: /org/freedesktop/DBus
timeout: -1.0
signature: su
dbus_interface: org.freedesktop.DBus
message: <dbus.lowlevel.MethodCallMessage object at 0x8bad4f0>
method: StartServiceByName

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Any ideas, anyone?

Gilbert

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
(My opinions only!)                                                  ******
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