osspec_init():328 : Unable to bind to netlink socket

[David Zeuthen]

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 08:04 +0100, Ruediger Dohmhardt wrote:
> Dear list members,
> 
> I can not start hal. I do
> 
> /usr/local/sbin/hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes
>     07:54:21.183 [I] hald.c:498: hal 0.5.0
>     07:54:21.183 [I] hald.c:502: Will not daemonize
>     07:54:21.207 [I] osspec.c:305: sysfs mount point is '/sys'
>     07:54:21.208 [I] osspec.c:310: proc mount point is '/proc'
>     *** [DIE] osspec.c:osspec_init():328 : Unable to bind to netlink socket
> 

You need to pass --retain-privileges for now; see the hald/haldaemon.in
init script for details.

Cheers,
David

_______________________________________________
hal mailing list
hal at lists.freedesktop.org
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal