Disabling HAL

[Paul Smith]

On 7/20/06, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> >         How can I disable HAL?
> >
> > first
> > $ /etc/init.d/haldaemon stop
> > second
> > $ ntsysv
> > once there look for haldaemon and remove the checklist from it, it
> > will not going to start again when you restart your PC
>
> You can do this quickly from the command line too:
> # /sbin/chkconfig haldaemon off

I was trying to check whether HAL was interfering and causing the
problem with reading a DVD media, which was discussed in another
thread. It is now certain that HAL was not interfering and I will turn
it on again. Thanks for all help!

Paul