google is very helpful as well as man -k as in man -k hal and it shows all manuals with hal in them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_(software) http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus google shows some threads about problems with hald in FC4 {*de CLC*} "bruce" <bedouglas@earthl ink.net> To Sent by: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion redhat-list-bounc list'" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> es@xxxxxxxxxx cc Subject 03/16/2009 09:11 RE: two processes AM Please respond to General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@redh at.com> hi mike... you say it's not advisable to disbale the processes.. why? or why not? -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Burger Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:58 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: two processes > are these two processes needed by linux system? Can I disable them? > > hald > dbus-daemon It would not be advisable to disable/remove these processes. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list