I am not sure how to check for hal started, but: $ ps awwux | grep hal 127 4750 0.7 0.5 7048 5520 ? Ss 12:53 0:02 /usr/sbin/hald root 4751 0.0 0.1 2912 1060 ? S 12:53 0:00 hald-runner 127 4757 0.0 0.0 2024 840 ? S 12:53 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-acpi 127 4759 0.0 0.0 2028 816 ? S 12:53 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-keyboard 127 4772 0.0 0.0 2028 808 ? S 12:53 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-keyboard 127 4776 0.0 0.0 2032 840 ? S 12:53 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-storage rchandia 7028 0.0 0.0 2808 756 pts/1 R+ 12:58 0:00 grep hal
$ grep 127 /etc/passwd haldaemon:x:127:127:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hal:/bin/false -- Key can_suspend_to_ram missing https://launchpad.net/bugs/69383 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
