failed to initialize HAL

[wishyjr]

hey guys, ive just ran into this one too (after trying to upgrade to
dapper from breezy -which wrecked my system btw), but when i try and
reinstall HAL, i get a 'fail to restart' error.
One thing i've notcied though is that my /etc/default/hal file has the
*DAEMON_OPTS=--retain-privileges* line hashed out, i'm guessing that
this is what my problem is. is it safe for me to just un-hash it and
restart the process/reboot?

thanks

oh, and heres my whole /etc/default/hal file contents:

# This will run the hal daemon as normal user 'hal' with some
additional
# privileges; This will not execute callout scripts as root (so
fstab-sync
# won't work) and makes hal unable to do filesystem type autodetection
for
# non-removable devices.
DAEMON_OPTS=

# This will run the hal daemon as user root 
#DAEMON_OPTS=--retain-privileges

cheers


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wishyjr