--- gnome-utils-2.9.92/gfloppy/src/main.c.gfloppy_new_hal_api	2005-01-24 10:54:50.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-utils-2.9.92/gfloppy/src/main.c	2005-03-08 14:58:09.411484000 -0500
@@ -153,6 +153,37 @@
 
 #define HAL_FLOPPY_DEV_KEY "block.device"
 
+static LibHalContext *
+get_hal_context ()
+{
+	LibHalContext *hal_ctx;
+	hal_ctx = NULL;
+
+	hal_ctx = libhal_ctx_new ();
+	if (hal_ctx) {
+		DBusConnection *dbus_conn;
+		DBusError error;
+
+		dbus_error_init (&error);
+		dbus_conn = dbus_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &error);
+
+		if (dbus_error_is_set (&error)) {
+			dbus_error_free (&error);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		libhal_ctx_set_dbus_connection (hal_ctx, dbus_conn);
+
+		if (!libhal_ctx_init (hal_ctx, &error)) {
+			dbus_error_free (&error);
+			libhal_ctx_free (hal_ctx);
+ 			return NULL;
+ 		}
+	}
+
+	return hal_ctx;
+}
+
 static FloppyStatus *
 get_hal_floppies (gint *num_devices, gint *num_ok, LibHalContext *ctx)
 {
@@ -160,10 +191,11 @@
 	gchar           **device_list;
 	FloppyStatus *floppies;
 
-	device_list = hal_manager_find_device_string_match (ctx,
-							    HAL_FLOPPY_KEY, 
-							    HAL_FLOPPY_VALUE, 
-							    num_devices); 
+	device_list = libhal_manager_find_device_string_match (ctx,
+							       HAL_FLOPPY_KEY, 
+							       HAL_FLOPPY_VALUE, 
+							       num_devices, 
+							       NULL); 
 
 	floppies = NULL;
 	
@@ -174,9 +206,10 @@
 
 		for (i = 0; i < *num_devices; i++) {
 			floppies[i].device_path = 
-				hal_device_get_property_string (ctx, 
+				libhal_device_get_property_string (ctx, 
 								device_list[i], 
-								HAL_FLOPPY_DEV_KEY);
+								HAL_FLOPPY_DEV_KEY,
+								NULL);
 
 			floppies[i].status = test_floppy_device (floppies[i].device_path);
 
@@ -184,7 +217,7 @@
 				(*num_ok)++;
 		}
 		
-		hal_free_string_array (device_list);
+		libhal_free_string_array (device_list);
 	} else {
 		*num_devices = 1;
 		
@@ -554,7 +587,7 @@
                             GNOME_PARAM_APP_DATADIR,DATADIR,NULL);
 
 #ifdef USE_HAL
-	ctx = (gpointer) hal_initialize (NULL, FALSE);
+	ctx = (gpointer)get_hal_context ();
 #endif
 
 	gtk_window_set_default_icon_name ("gnome-dev-floppy");
@@ -694,7 +727,14 @@
 	g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (client));
 
 #ifdef USE_HAL
-	hal_shutdown (ctx);
+	if (ctx != NULL) {
+		DBusError derror;
+		libhal_ctx_shutdown ((LibHalContext *)ctx, &derror);
+		if (dbus_error_is_set (&derror))
+			dbus_error_free (&derror);
+
+		libhal_ctx_free ((LibHalContext *)ctx);
+	}
 #endif
 
 	return 0;