Fail to initialize HAL error (after trying to enable xfce)

Hello everybody.

Today, in my attempts to further customize my AAO (running Linpus) I followed the instructions provided in http://jorge.ulver.no/2008/08/06/acer-a ... ultdesktop to get XFCE's default location, but although I followed the instructions carefully I got failures to initialize HAL each time I log in (no wireless, no usb, nothing), the error persists even though I reversed all the changes.

Is there something I can do to 'fix HAL', other than reinstalling?

Thanks.
Joe.

 

re-do all the steps! sure you make an error somewhere! (same problem and i see that i make one little error in a line!)

 

Not sure will work on your system since I have hard modified Aspire One (auto login to LXDE). This solution will slow down your system. Save your original /etc/rc.d/slim/nowait.sh first, and then change it:

Code:

$ sudo cp /etc/rc.d/slim/nowait.sh /etc/rc.d/slim/nowait.sh.orig
$ sudo mousepad /etc/rc.d/slim/nowait.sh

#! /bin/bash

sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/haldaemon start > /dev/null

/usr/bin/add_driver.sh
sudo /etc/init.d/network start
sudo /etc/init.d/netfs start
sudo /etc/init.d/udev-post start
sudo /etc/init.d/ConsoleKit start
sudo /etc/init.d/cups start
sudo /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant start
sudo /etc/init.d/crond start

while true
do
  halpid=
  halpid=`pidof hald`
  if [ "X${halpid}" != "X" ]; then
    sleep 2
    sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
    sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManagerDispatcher start
    break
  fi
done

/usr/bin/qsynaptics --restore 
/usr/bin/nm-applet &

while true
do
  acpipid=
  acpipid=`pidof acpid`
  if [ "X${acpipid}" != "X" ]; then
    sleep 2
    /usr/bin/kpowersave &
    break
  fi
done

gnome-screensaver &
#rm -f /home/user/.gtk-bookmarks
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update &
xhkeys &
splashd &

if [ "X`sudo fdisk -l|grep swap`" != "X" ]; then
   sudo swapon -a
fi

for i in `cat ~/.gsynaptics/syn.conf`; do synclient $i; done

For USB media problem, you can try Tybor's Trick.

 

Thanks for the responses guys, I really appreciate it.

I formatted the system though so I am not using your solutions right now, and after playing with the machine for a while (I even installed Fedora 8 on it but never got the wireless working) I reinstalled Linpus (in fact several times because I kept trashing with the apps I installed).

I guess I'll just handle this little machine with care and use it for the thing I bought it for: an ebook reader and portable communications device.

Thanks.
Joe.