David Baron wrote: > Hal got installed along with dbus although it apparently does not use it. > Libhal packages were around before. > > Why do I need hald running? Can it be disabled without effecting other > programs? > > I suspect that it has/causes/exasperates some problems in 2.6.26 kernels. > If you are a running a desktop environment like GNOME, XFCE or KDE, you definitely should not disable hal. Unless you don't want to have stuff like auto-mounting of removable media, removable or hotplugged devices in general, like digicams, network-manager etc. They all depend on hal. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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