Add hal to the daemons array at the bottom of /etc/rc.conf. Starting hal will take care of starting dbus, and acpid if you have it installed. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Preston C. <gprestonc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think I have got it this time, :-). Here are the questions: > > I would like to use input hotplugging. So, I need to configure it. > > Are these the correct commands to run, in this order: > # pacman -S xf86-input-evdev > # usr/sbin/groupadd -g 81 dbus > # usr/sbin/useradd -c 'System message bus' -u 81 -g dbus -d '/' -s > /bin/false dbus > # /etc/rc.d/hal start > > Or just: > # pacman -S xf86-input-evdev > # /etc/rc.d/hal start > > After running the correct command sequence listed above (whichever one > it is), it seems that I need to "Add the hal daemon to the DAEMONS > array in /etc/rc.conf to start it at every boot." I do not know how to > do this? > > Thanks, sorry for the confusion. >