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#1 2007-06-17 18:33:51
- geek.arnuld
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HAL does not work
i have started the HAL daemon with dbus in my "/etc/rc.conf" but when i put any CD into it it does not mount it automatically. Whether HAL is ON or OFF, it does not make any difference on my system.
P.S. - i know Audio CDs do not mount and VCDs do not need to, you can use "vcdxrip" to rip them.
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#2 2007-06-17 19:12:05
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Re: HAL does not work
Check if your user is a member of the optical group. If not add yourself to the optical group with, as root, gpasswd -a user optical.
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#3 2007-06-18 11:19:23
- geek.arnuld
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Re: HAL does not work
Check if your user is a member of the optical group. If not add yourself to the optical group with, as root, gpasswd -a user optical.
all users are members of these groups: audio,video,floppy,optical,storage,users
BTW, HAL does not even work when i run as root :-(
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#4 2007-06-18 12:25:42
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Re: HAL does not work
I don't know if you are trying to mislead us 
, but
the hal-daemon starts dbus
dbus does not start hal
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#5 2007-06-18 18:26:24
- geek.arnuld
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Re: HAL does not work
I don't know if you are trying to mislead us
the hal-daemon starts dbus
dbus does not start hal
hey.. i know that. on my system HAL worked without any problem in Arch Gimmick but after that i tried Voodo beta1, beta2 and now Duke and in all 3 of them HAL does not work. yes i first start dbus then i start HAL. BTW, now i have put them into "/etc/rc.conf" in "dbus hal" order but as i said it NEVER works, not even once :-(.. may be a bug
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#6 2007-06-18 19:34:38
- ataraxia
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Re: HAL does not work
If you have a line in fstab for a device, hal will skip it. Just a thought.
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#7 2007-06-18 20:35:29
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Re: HAL does not work
Are you sure HAL isn't working and it's something else? Also, don't put dbus after hal in the DAEMONS array... it will try to start it again and will fail. It needs to dbus the hal, or just hal (best idea).
Also, I just reread your post... HAL doesn't mount things by itself, you need a volume-manager to interact with it.
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#8 2007-06-19 06:05:23
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Re: HAL does not work
If you have a line in fstab for a device, hal will skip it. Just a thought.
it means i need to remove "/dev/cdrom, /dev/dvd and /dev/fd0" lines from /etc/fstab ?
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#9 2007-06-19 06:06:48
- geek.arnuld
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Re: HAL does not work
Are you sure HAL isn't working and it's something else? Also, don't put dbus after hal in the DAEMONS array... it will try to start it again and will fail. It needs to dbus the hal, or just hal (best idea).
i said "dbus hal" and hence dbus comes before hal.
Also, I just reread your post... HAL doesn't mount things by itself, you need a volume-manager to interact with it.
well, i did not know that. i use WIndowmaker, so what else i need to mount cd,dvd,floppy automatically
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