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#1 2008-07-03 15:10:07
- varaahan
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Booting problem
I am using Arch /KDE and suddenly KDE didn't allow me to login. Restarted X server but of no use.
Restarted system and the system hangs at "Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer -- Busy".
Please advice.
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#2 2008-07-04 12:59:43
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Re: Booting problem
I am using Arch /KDE and suddenly KDE didn't allow me to login. Restarted X server but of no use.
Restarted system and the system hangs at "Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer -- Busy".Please advice.
Did you change/add any new hardware that might be causing this?
Try to boot with HAL disabled, see where that gets you.
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#3 2008-07-04 14:05:37
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Re: Booting problem
No change in hardware.
How to disable HAL while booting ?
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#4 2008-07-04 14:08:28
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Re: Booting problem
No change in hardware.
How to disable HAL while booting ?
Try removing hal and acpi stuff from the DAEMONS line in /etc/rc.conf
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#5 2008-07-04 16:13:14
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Re: Booting problem
A better way in rc.conf to disable services is to put an exclamation point (!) in front of the daemon, like this:
!daemonThen later you can remove the "!" if you need the daemon again. That way you don't have to insert the daemon back manually.
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#6 2008-07-05 00:52:19
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Re: Booting problem
This can be done only after I login to the system.
But the problem is I can not go upto the stage of accesing a terminal.
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#7 2008-07-05 01:40:15
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Re: Booting problem
You could boot from a live CD to access your rc.conf.
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#8 2008-07-05 16:02:16
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Re: Booting problem
Right now I don't know which version of Arch I have installed.
Since I use a CD-RW which has been erased and rewritten multiple times with other distros , let me try with whatever latest edition of Arch I have got .
PS:
Recovered Arch thro' livecd and edited rc.conf.
Suceesfully booted the system .
But KDE doesn't allow me as normal user.
Changed password (as root user) but still could not login.
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