[SOLVED] HAL doesn't work, so I can't suspend/hibernate?

Question

I've placed (atleast what I think) to be the necessary daemons in rc.conf:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus md fam hal alsa network netfs crond)
FAM for XFCE..
When I run the suspend command, it states
"Failed to suspend: Suspend and hibernate are only supported by HAL and is not available."
#sudo /etc/rc.d/hal start:
:: Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer               [FAIL]
This happens in root, and when I attempt to start and stop it....
It took endless configurations to get ndiswrapper to work, I've changed only but files required for network, why could hal not work? I can't find much online about how to fix it, and what steps there are if it fails to restart..
Last edited by Nullw0rm (2010-01-30 05:42:58)

Answer 1

Doehni wrote:
Try putting the network and netfs daemons before fam and hal.
Something like this:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus md alsa network netfs crond fam hal)
Hope it helps!
I tried this and it..sorta works, restarting HAL:
[me@myhost ~]$ sudo /etc/rc.d/hal restart
:: Stopping Hardware Abstraction Layer [DONE]
:: Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer [DONE]
(DONE instead of FAIL)
But going to suspend/hibernate it says HAL is not available still! I seem to not be able to set it up so well..
It says I already have pm-utils, but I ahead and installed that anyway (assuming mine wasn't dev release).
I can suspend with
$ sudo pm-suspend
But when I resume video doesn't start, my screen is black (not displaying black, more like off).. I'm on a laptop with an intel X3000 graphics chip, not a PC in case that helps.
Help
Last edited by Nullw0rm (2010-01-29 03:05:55)