Bug 109425

Summary:	hal-0.5.4 - hald runs as user "haldaemon" and is therefore not able to load some extensions
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Fabian Zeindl <fabian>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Fabian Zeindl 2005-10-16 03:38:09 UTC

Hi, this bug is basically the same as #107211, I just put the wrong version
number in the other bug, I was always using 0.5.4 never 0.5.2.

I've hal, version 0.5.4 and it runs nice with one
exception: It runs with the user "haldaemon" and cannot load modules like
hal-addon-acpi therefore. When I start hald with "--retain-privileges" to run as
root it works perfectly. This prevents me from using hal with the whole acpi stuff.

With hal-addon-acpi hal detects plugging in and out AC adapters instantly,
without this addon it polls about every 30 seconds -> annoying.

greetings
fabian

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-16 08:46:32 UTC

Please note that to the other bug and reopen it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107211 ***