[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#614331: hald does not start automatically on bootup

[Ron Murray]

On 02/21/11 02:08, Martin Pitt wrote:
> So it behaves exactly as it is supposed to. Most programs don't need
> hal any more, so it shouldn't slow down boot and consume extra
> CPU/battery power in vain.
>
> What is the actual bug here? Does some of your application or hardware
> control not work properly any more?
>
> Martin

I'm running xfce on both my desktop and my laptop. When I log in to
either, I get an error from xfce power manager telling me that hal isn't
running. That in itself, although annoying, isn't a serious problem, but
it does stop my laptop from hibernating until I start hal, log out, and
log in again. (There's probably a better way than logging out/in, but I
haven't looked yet).

If hal isn't mostly necessary any more, it might have been an idea to
state that in the changelog.

(forgot to copy to bugs.debian.org earlier)

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