haldaemon problem

[david walcroft]

Todd Zullinger wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
>   
>> No I do not have rpm -V hal hal-libs and no messages in the in the
>> log.
>>     
>
> David, the rpm -V command above doesn't install anything and will only
> report on problems found.  If it ran without any output, it means that
> you have hal and hal-libs installed and that all the files from those
> package match what was originally installed.  (See man rpm for more
> details on verifying packages.)
>
> I would look for error messages in /var/log/messages to see why
> you seem to be getting errors starting the haldaemon service.  You
> could open to terminals and run "tailf /var/log/messages" to watch the
> messages logfile in real time.  Hit return a few times to add some
> blank space.  This makes it easy to see new lines.
>
> In another terminal, run "service haldaemon restart" and watch for any
> errors or warnings in the first terminal.
>
>   
Pardon my ignorance but what are my options.

rpm {-V|--verify} [select-options] [verify-options]

    david