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[merlin@serge-desktop ~]$ sudo /etc/rc.d/hal start
+ . /etc/rc.conf
++ LOCALE=en_US.utf8
++ HARDWARECLOCK=UTC
++ TIMEZONE=Israel
++ KEYMAP=us
++ CONSOLEFONT=
++ CONSOLEMAP=
++ USECOLOR=yes
++ MOD_AUTOLOAD=yes
++ MOD_BLACKLIST=()
++ MODULES=()
++ USELVM=no
++ HOSTNAME=serge-desktop
++ lo='lo 127.0.0.1'
++ eth0=dhcp
++ INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
++ gateway='default gw 192.168.0.1'
++ ROUTES=(!gateway)
++ DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal dbus)
+ . /etc/rc.d/functions
+++ awk 'BEGIN { RS=" " }; END { print $1 }'
+++ stty size
++ STAT_COL=128
++ '[' yes = YES -o yes = yes ']'
++ C_MAIN='\033[1;37m'
++ C_OTHER='\033[1;34m'
++ C_SEPARATOR='\033[1;30m'
++ C_BUSY='\033[0;36m'
++ C_FAIL='\033[1;31m'
++ C_DONE='\033[1;37m'
++ C_BKGD='\033[1;35m'
++ C_H1='\033[1;37m'
++ C_H2='\033[1;36m'
++ C_CLEAR='\033[1;0m'
++ PREFIX_REG=::
++ PREFIX_HL=' >'
+ case "$1" in
+ ck_daemon dbus
+ '[' -f /var/run/daemons/dbus ']'
+ return 1
+ '[' -x /etc/rc.d/acpid ']'
+ stat_busy 'Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer'
+ echo -ne '\033[1;34m:: \033[1;37mStarting Hardware Abstraction Layer\033[1;0m '
:: Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer + deltext
+ echo -ne '\033[132G'
                                                                                                                                   + echo -ne '   \033[1;34m[\033[0;36mBUSY\033[1;34m]\033[1;0m '
   [BUSY] + /usr/sbin/hald
+ '[' 1 -gt 0 ']'
+ stat_fail
+ deltext
+ echo -ne '\033[132G'
                                                                                                                                   + echo -e '   \033[1;34m[\033[1;31mFAIL\033[1;34m]\033[1;0m '
   [FAIL]
+ exit 0