Hi Andy, > Nothing in /var/log/messages? Yes, only this one : hal.hotplug[779]: DEVPATH is not set (subsystem input) > Try running that yourself (/usr/sbin/hald) from the console and see if > it spits out any diagnostic. It does, but it doesn't make much sense to me. I hope someone else understands this. 18:33:50.626 [I] hald.c:495: hal 0.5.2 18:33:50.626 [I] hald.c:499: Will not daemonize 18:33:50.669 [I] hald_dbus.c:2504: local server is listening at unix:abstract=/tmp/hald-local/dbus-7jAloPadrc,guid=7e59da434b369a8b6ec0c1d83ec95900 18:33:50.670 [I] osspec.c:305: sysfs mount point is '/sys' 18:33:50.670 [I] osspec.c:310: proc mount point is '/proc' 18:33:50.758 [I] osspec.c:475: Synthesizing sysfs events... 18:33:50.949 [I] osspec.c:478: Synthesizing powermgmt events... 18:33:50.949 [I] acpi.c:263: Processing /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0 18:33:50.949 [I] acpi.c:263: Processing /proc/acpi/fan/FAN 18:33:50.949 [E] acpi.c:253: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/button/lid: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/button/lid': No such file or directory 18:33:50.949 [I] acpi.c:263: Processing /proc/acpi/button/power/PWRB 18:33:50.949 [I] acpi.c:263: Processing /proc/acpi/button/power/PWRF 18:33:50.949 [E] acpi.c:253: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/button/sleep: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/button/sleep': No such file or directory 18:33:50.949 [I] osspec.c:480: ACPI capabilities found 18:33:50.949 [I] osspec.c:490: Done synthesizing events 18:33:51.090 [I] hald_dbus.c:2463: 2753: Got a connection 18:33:51.090 [I] hald_dbus.c:2464: dbus_connection_get_is_connected = 1 /dev/mem: Permission denied 18:33:51.148 [I] util.c:526: child exited for pid 2755 18:33:51.289 [I] device_info.c:1370: *** Matched file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-power-mgmt-policy.fdi 18:33:51.290 [I] device_info.c:1370: *** Matched file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-storage-policy.fdi 18:33:51.291 [I] device_info.c:1370: *** Matched file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/20-storage-methods.fdi 18:33:51.291 [I] device_info.c:1370: *** Matched file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/90-fstab-sync.fdi 18:33:51.291 [E] device_info.c:342: Could not resolve keypath '@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable' on udi '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' 18:33:51.292 [I] util.c:1099: Add callouts for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer 18:33:51.293 [E] util.c:642: Couldn't spawn 'hal-system-storage-cleanup-mountpoints' err=Failed to execute child process "hal-system-storage-cleanup-mountpoints" (No such file or directory)! 18:33:51.293 [I] hald_dbus.c:2425: local_server_message_handler: destination=(null) obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus/Local interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Local method=Disconnected 18:33:51.293 [I] hald_dbus.c:2441: Client to local_server was disconnected 18:33:51.293 [I] hald_dbus.c:2451: unregistered Regards, Marcel
