Hi, I am trying to run hal on arm architecture with kernel 2.6.20. I cross compiled hal-0.5.10 for arm. I have also cross compiled dbus, udev, hal-info and policy kit. When i run  "hald  --daemon=no --verbose=yes"  it succesfully discovers all the devices and quits.... Here is the last few lines printed by hald.... 00:04:43.990 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:944: Done looking in /sys/block/ram6/slaves 00:04:43.990 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:950: Ignoring hotplug event - no parent 00:04:43.990 [W] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:1434: Not adding device object 00:04:43.990 [I] ../../../hald/linux/coldplug.c:214: pool_num_freed = 166 (of 170) 00:04:44.000 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:856: block_add: sysfs_path=/sys/block/ram7 dev=/dev/ram7 is_part=0, parent=0x00000000 00:04:44.000 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:897: Looking in /sys/block/ram7/slaves for Device Mapper 00:04:44.000 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:908:  /sys/block/ram7/slaves/. -> /sys/block/ram7/slaves 00:04:44.000 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:908:  /sys/block/ram7/slaves/.. -> /sys/block/ram7 00:04:44.000 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:944: Done looking in /sys/block/ram7/slaves 00:04:44.000 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:950: Ignoring hotplug event - no parent 00:04:44.000 [W] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:1434: Not adding device object 00:04:44.000 [I] ../../../hald/linux/coldplug.c:214: pool_num_freed = 167 (of 170) 00:04:44.330 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:856: block_add: sysfs_path=/sys/block/ram8 dev=/dev/ram8 is_part=0, parent=0x00000000 00:04:44.330 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:897: Looking in /sys/block/ram8/slaves for Device Mapper 00:04:44.340 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:908:  /sys/block/ram8/slaves/. -> /sys/block/ram8/slaves 00:04:44.340 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:908:  /sys/block/ram8/slaves/.. -> /sys/block/ram8 00:04:44.340 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:944: Done looking in /sys/block/ram8/slaves 00:04:44.340 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:950: Ignoring hotplug event - no parent 00:04:44.340 [W] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:1434: Not adding device object 00:04:44.340 [I] ../../../hald/linux/coldplug.c:214: pool_num_freed = 168 (of 170) 00:04:44.340 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:856: block_add: sysfs_path=/sys/block/ram9 dev=/dev/ram9 is_part=0, parent=0x00000000 00:04:44.340 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:897: Looking in /sys/block/ram9/slaves for Device Mapper 00:04:44.350 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:908:  /sys/block/ram9/slaves/. -> /sys/block/ram9/slaves 00:04:44.350 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:908:  /sys/block/ram9/slaves/.. -> /sys/block/ram9 00:04:44.350 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:944: Done looking in /sys/block/ram9/slaves 00:04:44.350 [I] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:950: Ignoring hotplug event - no parent 00:04:44.350 [W] ../../../hald/linux/blockdev.c:1434: Not adding device object 00:04:44.350 [I] ../../../hald/linux/coldplug.c:214: pool_num_freed = 169 (of 170) 00:04:44.350 [I] ../../../hald/linux/coldplug.c:217: Freeing whole pool 00:04:44.350 [I] ../../../hald/linux/apm.c:398: apm_add: apm_path=/proc/apm apm_type=0, parent=0x00000000 00:04:44.370 [I] ../../hald/hald.c:108: Added device to GDL; udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/apm_battery 00:04:44.370 [I] ../../../hald/linux/apm.c:398: apm_add: apm_path=/proc/apm apm_type=1, parent=0x00000000 00:04:44.380 [I] ../../hald/hald.c:108: Added device to GDL; udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/apm_ac_adapter 00:04:44.380 [I] ../../hald/hald.c:829: Device probing completed 00:04:44.380 [I] ../../hald/hald_dbus.c:5665: entering 00:04:44.390 [E] ../../hald/hald_dbus.c:5676: dbus_bus_request_name(): Connection ":1.0" is not allowed to own the service " org.freedesktop.Hal" due to security policies in the configuration file I am suspecting i have wrong entries in my policy file. Any help or pointers  as how to change the policy file so as to get the hald running will be very helpful.   Thanks in advance for replying.. Shankar