HAL does not start???

[daata]

Hi,

HAL (hardware abstraction layer) does not start when I boot my computer. Anybody understand why this is?

I have to restart it manually every time, then restart X (CTRL+ALT+backspace). Then it works...

How can I do this automatically?

I was told to try this;

  sudo update-rc.d hal defaults 24 16

It just gave me this;

System startup links for /etc/init.d/hal already exist.

Please help an otherwise happy newbie!

[kubicle]

Re: HAL does not start

Hmm...first you can check the startup links:

ls -la /etc/rc*.d/*hal /etc/init.d/hal

Should return something like:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2091 2008-10-06 17:38 /etc/init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-05-28 11:28 /etc/rc1.d/K16hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-05-28 11:28 /etc/rc2.d/S24hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-05-28 11:28 /etc/rc3.d/S24hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-05-28 11:28 /etc/rc4.d/S24hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-05-28 11:28 /etc/rc5.d/S24hal -> ../init.d/hal

[daata]

Re: HAL does not start

It gave me this;

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2301 2008-05-06 13:28 /etc/init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-01-14 16:54 /etc/rc0.d/K50hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-01-14 16:55 /etc/rc0.d/S50hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-12-17 17:04 /etc/rc1.d/K16hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-01-14 16:54 /etc/rc1.d/K50hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-01-17 09:42 /etc/rc2.d/S50hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-12-17 17:04 /etc/rc3.d/S24hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-12-17 17:04 /etc/rc4.d/S24hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-12-17 17:04 /etc/rc5.d/S24hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-01-14 16:54 /etc/rc6.d/K50hal -> ../init.d/hal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-01-14 16:54 /etc/rc6.d/S50hal -> ../init.d/hal


I have started HAL manually before I did this, should I do it when HAL hasn't started?

[kubicle]

Re: HAL does not start

I have started HAL manually before I did this, should I do it when HAL hasn't started?

That doesn't matter (you'll get the same results)...these rcX.d links control how the startup scripts are run during boot up, and it looks like on your setup hal's script is run rather late (S50) on the default runlevel (rc2.d). There are also some unnecessary start/kill links in there. Though not necessarily the cause of your problem, I'd first fix that.

Run:

sudo mv /etc/rc2.d/S50hal /etc/rc2.d/S24hal && sudo rm /etc/rc?.d/?50hal

(that should fix the start link and remove the unnecessary ones)

Report back if you still have issues after that.