Norbert Preining wrote: > Package: hal > Version: 0.5.13-2 > Severity: critical > > Updating, or reinstalling 0.5.13-2 of the hal packages completely > hoses my whole system: > - keyboard is gone > - /dev seems to be gone > > When reinstalling I get: > Reloading system message bus config...Failed to open connection to "system" > message bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: > Connection refused > invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "force-reload" failed. > Starting Hardware abstraction layer: haldinvoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action > "start" failed. > dpkg: error processing hal (--install) > ...
It seems, dbus is not running, meaning hal can't start. If hal is not running, X will not configure any input devices (that's arguably a bug in Xorg). So, as a first step, make sure, dbus is running. Then start hal. If hal does not come up correctly, please run "hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes" and attach the output to the bug report. About the second point, /dev being going, it definitely doesn't look like a hal problem. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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