Andreas: > I have installed JDS Development Build 51 on my Blade 2000 running snv_50. > After reboot, hald failed to start (exits with error code 95). > If a user logs in, he gets a black screen with a non-working gnome-panel. > And not a single chance to start any application as the only thing one can do > is moving the mouse. This is frustrating.
If HAL fails to start, then the GNOME session will not start. Try running hal like this and see if it generates any useful error messages about why it might be failing: /usr/lib/hal/hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes Note that some machines may have certain hardware that exposes bug in kHAL. I had a problem a few builds ago where HAL was core dumping on my machine because I had a built-in USB key reader in my machine and this device hadn't yet been tested. If your machine has a unique bit of hardware that is triggering a HAL crash, then the HAL team will need to be notified to look into fixing it. Hopefully running the above command will generate some useful debug messages that will highlight what the problem might be. Brian
