(SOLVED) Hal and dbus, do I need dbus?

I read the wiki and it says if I don't use hal in my daemons then I need to add dbus.
I haven't been using hal, and I haven't added dbus either. My system seems to be working right, but I guess something could be wrong. Reading the wiki brings me here to ask if I need dbus and why?
My daemons,
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng @network !netfs @alsa @mpd @crond)
Last edited by Google (2010-07-03 11:21:11)

sudo pacman -R dbus
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: avahi: requires dbus>=1.1.20-1
:: awesome: requires dbus
:: gconf: requires dbus
:: qt: requires dbus
I assume I should add it to daemons?
Last edited by Google (2010-07-03 10:08:18)

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