Package: hal-device-manager Version: 0.5.5.1-5 Severity: wishlist Hello,
if you launch hal-device-manager when dbus daemon isn't running (hald daemon too) : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ LANG=C hal-device-manager Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/hal-device-manager", line 20, in ? DeviceManager() File "/usr/share/hal/device-manager/DeviceManager.py", line 57, in __init__ self.bus = dbus.SystemBus() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 252, in __new__ return Bus.__new__(cls, Bus.TYPE_SYSTEM, use_default_mainloop, private) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 99, in __new__ bus._connection = dbus_bindings.bus_get(bus_type, private) File "dbus_bindings.pyx", line 1695, in dbus_bindings.bus_get dbus_bindings.DBusException: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ It's a 'normal' behaviour, but it should display a proper error I think (like a message box for ex.). -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages hal-device-manager depends on: ii hal 0.5.5.1-5 Hardware Abstraction Layer ii python2.4 2.4.2-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python2.4-dbus 0.60-5 simple interprocess messaging syst ii python2.4-glade2 2.8.2-3 GTK+ bindings: Glade support ii python2.4-gnome2 2.12.3-1 Python bindings for the GNOME desk hal-device-manager recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]