Just adding the output of hald that I found in my syslog (when doing "sudo hald --daemon=yes --verbose=yes --use-syslog"):
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:529: hal 0.5.9.1 Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:538: Will daemonize Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:539: Becoming a daemon Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.373 [i] hald_dbus.c:4807: local server is listening at unix:abstract=/var/run/hald/dbus-GDedVsW496,guid=1369e3dc8d0263f932971c0047 1b745f Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.377 [i] hald_runner.c:299: Runner has pid 10157 Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.378 [W] ci-tracker.c:200: Could not get uid for connection: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner Could not get UID of name 'org.freedesktop.DBus': no such name Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.378 [E] hald_dbus.c:4462: Cannot get caller info for org.freedesktop.DBus Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.380 [i] hald_runner.c:180: runner connection is 0x6536b0 Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.382 [i] mmap_cache.c:161: Regenerating fdi cache.. Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:137: In regen_cache_cb exit_type=1, return_code=0 Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [E] mmap_cache.c:190: fdi cache regeneration failed! Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:193: fdi cache generation done Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:251: cache mtime is 1192868046 Notice the error messages?... related to DBUS, I think... -- Failed to initalize HAL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25931 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs