On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:23:54 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 20:46:22 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:07:49 +0200 Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > n Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 21:25:29 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > For the past few weeks I've been seeing an error message fly by > > > > (doesn't seem to affect anything) and I curious what's going on. > > > > > > > > the message is: > > > > > > > > dbus unknown username "haldemon" in message bus configuration file. > > > > > > It should be "haldaemon". (I assume this is just a typo since you > > > probably could not copy/paste the message directly.) The relevant > > > configuration file is /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf: > > > > > > $ grep -A2 haldaemon /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf > > > <!-- Only root or user haldaemon can own the HAL service --> > > > <policy user="haldaemon"> > > > <allow own="org.freedesktop.Hal"/> > > > </policy> > > > > I have no hal.conf in that directory ?? > > [...] > > > > The post-installation script of the hal > > > package is supposed to create the haldaemon user and group if they do > > > not exist. You can check if the user exists: > > > > > > $ grep hal /etc/passwd > > > > and no hal or haldaemon user??? > > Then maybe you are not using the "hal" package at all. What is the > output of "dpkg -l hal\*"? dpkg -l hal\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description ++ +-========================-========================-================================================================ pn hal <none> (no description available) pn hal-device-manager <none> (no description available) pn hal-doc <none> (no description available) pn hal-info <none> (no description available) pn halibut <none> (no description available) Not there. What else could cause the problem ?? Thanks Cheers Frank -- Change the world one loan at a time - visit Kiva.org to find out how -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]