I have just started getting this notice whenever I try to access media such as cdrom or usb. The HALdeamon does not start on a re-boot but will start in MCC. I have googled the error and it looks like is happening with various distro's. I tried various suggestions but no joy.

Linux localhost 2.6.22.19-desktop-2mdv #1 SMP Mon May 5 20:55:05 EDT 2008 i686 Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.53GHz GNU/Linux
Half a gig of ram and disk is not full.
Madriva 2008 spring

Roly

There is a solution. Run the following commands and then re-boot.
1. Login as root
2. cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
3. for l in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S99*; do s=${l#*/S99}; chkconfig --del $s; chkconfig
--add $s; done
4. chkconfig --add messenger
5. reboot

I hope I have remembered everything properly.
Good luck
Roly

Yes, I've had haldaemon do this to me on one of my systems, and I kind of got around it by putting the following in /etc/rc.local:



of course, it could be called hald for you in Mandriva, but in CentOS it was in full like I mentioned. Just change haldaemon with your service name. What will happen is rc.local will run before you're able to login to your desktop. So once you log in, you'll have auto-mounting again.

It is called haldaemon in Mandriva 2008.0

Thanks

I have Mandriva installed, just not currently on it when I'm at work

I don't see Mandriva listed in your signature

I better fix than then

I have the same problem. The workaround suggested didn't work for me.
Paulo

I can start the haldeamon when in MCC but it makes no difference. All I have done is regular updates. As I mentioned other distro's are seeing it also.

I would do a new install but am on a slow dial-up and the thought of all those updates

The following is reported in Mandriva 2008.0 that has been updated. By any chance are you experiencing this?
Booting issues after a recent update of 2008.0

Try the following command in Konsole: /sbin/prcsys --test S /etc/rc5.d and see what it reports.
Look for an error similar to: WARNING! Loop detected haldaemon -> messagebus -> Ignoring requires messagebus

I ran the command and did see the message exactly like you quoted.
Roly

Try the fix in this bugzilla thread: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=42618

Well I followed the link to the bug post and it is a recent update.
Thanks to all that replied and with any luck it will get resolved.
Thanks again;
Roly

I am thinking of trying it. Have not messed with the rc.d area much and will have to think about it.
Thanks for the help;
Roly