Disabling HAL

[Knute Johnson]

>Paul Smith wrote:
>> Dear All
>> 
>> How can I disable HAL?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>You can probably stop HAL by running "service haldaemon stop" as
>root. Running "chkconfig haldaemon off" should stop it from running.
>
>But why do you want to do it? You will looses a lot of functionality
>in FC5 if you disable HAL. Maybe if you told us the problem you are
>trying to solve, we can suggest a less drastic way of doing it.
>
>Mikkel

What exactly does HAL do for you and why do you need it?

Thanks,

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Knute Johnson
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