hal daemon???

[Polytropon]

On Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:01 -0700, Gary Kline <kline at 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.





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