Package: hal Version: 0.5.14-2 Severity: normal > This happened to me, not when upgrading but when installing hal for > first time on a kFreeBSD system. After the first time, if I start dbus > manually, then hal works.
I can confirm this behavior after installing Debian kfreebsd-i386 with this install media [1]. I used Hans' quick and dirty hack (message #63 in this thread) to fix it. Please do not close this bug unless it works on kfreebsd also. Adrian [1] http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org/install-cd/kfreebsd-i386/current/ -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i686) Kernel: kFreeBSD 7.3-1-486 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages hal depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii dbus 1.2.24-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii freebsd-utils 8.0-12 FreeBSD utilities needed for GNU/k ii hal-info 20091130-1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - fdi f ii libblkid1 2.17.2-3.1 block device id library ii libc0.1 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcam0 8.0-5 FreeBSD CAM (Common Access Method) ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.86-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libhal-storage1 0.5.14-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libhal1 0.5.14-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libusb2 8.0-5 FreeBSD userspace USB programming ii libusbhid4 8.0-5 FreeBSD library to access USB HID ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii pciutils 1:3.1.7-4 Linux PCI Utilities ii usbutils 0.87-5 Linux USB utilities Versions of packages hal recommends: ii consolekit 0.4.1-4 framework for defining and trackin ii eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-7 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer Versions of packages hal suggests: pn gnome-device-manager <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org