Hiho ! I managed to get hal running again!
What did I do ? Just downgraded hal and hal-info to the version of debian/stable. Doing so, all start and stop scripts were changed (although I never changed them myself) = no success ! Then, upgraded to the version of testing = no success ! Last, upgraded to the version of sid = success ! Yeah ! So, it seems, there were some changes in the scripts (initscripts, start- and stop-scripts , whatever) between stable and sid, which might conflict with the binary of hal and hal-info. Anyway, this message shall just be for your info. Problem is solved ! Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]