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aitjcize

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From: Taiwan

Registered: 2009-08-08

Posts: 20

can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

Hi

I've tried to start HAL by /etc/rc.d/hal start
but it always failed

I tried:
$/usr/sbin/hald --verbose=yes
and I get
20:34:11.394 [i] hald.c:600 hal 0.5.12
20:34:11.395 [i] hald.c:681 using child timeout 250ms
20:34:11.395 [i] hald.c:690. will daemonize
20:34:11.395 [i] hald.c:691 Becoming a daeman

any ideas?

Last edited by aitjcize (2009-08-12 05:43:12)

SpeedVin

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-04-29

Posts: 955

Re: can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

Hello.
Do you have any messaes when you start hal by /etc/rc.d/hal start.
Try to start dbus

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aitjcize

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From: Taiwan

Registered: 2009-08-08

Posts: 20

Re: can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

see the image:
http://sites.google.com/site/aitjcizeda … C01716.JPG
as you can see, i get the error message while starting alsa, and it cause hal to fail
so i removed alsa from the daemon list
then there's no error message from hal
but i still can't start network
I'm pretty sure that my network settings are correct
because i can start them manully by /etc/rc.d/network restart
but I just can't start them at boot time.

another question
although hal can start successfully
i still can't startx or kdm
i get a black screen and nothing happend
no keyboard is responding so i have to power down my laptop
(I've installed xf86-input-mouse, xf86-input-keyboard, xf86-input-evdev)
any idea?
thanks for reading the question.

Last edited by aitjcize (2009-08-11 13:44:56)

SpeedVin

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-04-29

Posts: 955

Re: can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

see the image:
http://sites.google.com/site/aitjcizeda … C01716.JPG
as you can see, i get the error message while starting alsa, and it cause hal to fail
so i removed alsa from the daemon list
then there's no error message from hal
but i still can't start network
I'm pretty sure that my network settings are correct
because i can start them manully by /etc/rc.d/network restart
but I just can't start them at boot time.

another question
although hal can start successfully
i still can't startx or kdm
i get a black screen and nothing happend
no keyboard is responding so i have to power down my laptop
(I've installed xf86-input-mouse, xf86-input-keyboard, xf86-input-evdev)
any idea?
thanks for reading the question.

Are you in group's hal and dbus?
If no:

gpasswd -a user hal
Same in dbus

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aitjcize

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From: Taiwan

Registered: 2009-08-08

Posts: 20

Re: can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

Thanks a lot~
I'm in KDE now.

But the network problem still remains
I have to manully type in:
dhcpcd eth0

and idea?

Antonio777

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From: USA

Registered: 2009-06-27

Posts: 14

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Re: can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

Hi aitjcize,

You should add "network" (without the quotes) to your daemons array in /etc/rc.conf if it is not there already.  I actually removed network from my daemons array, as I use wicd to connect to the net through eth0.  Pacman -S wicd and add wicd and remove network from the daemons array is all it takes.  I have had absolutely no issues with wicd at all, so I really recommend it.  Also if you use a network manager applet, wicd already has wicd-client built in which replaces network manager applet. 

Hope this helps

Last edited by Antonio777 (2009-08-12 00:29:39)

aitjcize

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From: Taiwan

Registered: 2009-08-08

Posts: 20

Re: can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

thanks a lot!
I use wicd instead and it worked just fine

Antonio777

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From: USA

Registered: 2009-06-27

Posts: 14

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Re: can't start network, hal [SOLVED]

Glad to hear that solved your problem!  If all your problems are solved now, please edit your first post to say [SOLVED] in the title so that others browsing the forum will know the issue is solved.