Self reply to modify my previous post and add some information. I think /usr/sbin/hald starting up failure caused gnome-volume-manager starting up failure at thie moment. Therefore I tried to startup /usr/sbin/hald. From: Mitsuho Iizuka <m-iizuka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: gnome-volume-manager startup failed (FC3) Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 14:45:52 +0900 (JST) > gnome-session > /etc/rc.d/init.d/haldaemon start -> no effect, no daemon # /etc/rc.d/init.d/haldaemon restart -> OK but no /usr/sbin/hald daemon > /usr/bin/hal -> no effect, no daemon # /usr/sbin/hald --verbose=yes --daemon=yes 15:31:52.305 [I] hald.c:394: hal 0.4.0 15:31:52.305 [I] hald.c:396: Will daemonize 15:31:52.305 [I] hald.c:406: Becoming a daemon --> process exit, I don't know the return status.