Just adding the output of hald that I found in my syslog (when doing "sudo hald --daemon=yes --verbose=yes --use-syslog"):
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:529: hal 0.5.9.1
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:538: Will daemonize
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:539: Becoming a daemon
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.373 [i] hald_dbus.c:4807: local server is listening at unix:abstract=/var/run/hald/dbus-GDedVsW496,guid=1369e3dc8d0263f932971c0047
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Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.377 [i] hald_runner.c:299: Runner has pid 10157
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.378 [W] ci-tracker.c:200: Could not get uid for connection: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner Could not get UID of name 'org.freedesktop.DBus': no such name
Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.378 [E] hald_dbus.c:4462: Cannot get caller info for org.freedesktop.DBus
Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.380 [i] hald_runner.c:180: runner connection is 0x6536b0
Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.382 [i] mmap_cache.c:161: Regenerating fdi cache..
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:137: In regen_cache_cb exit_type=1, return_code=0
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [E] mmap_cache.c:190: fdi cache regeneration failed!
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:193: fdi cache generation done
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:251: cache mtime is 1192868046
Notice the error messages?... related to DBUS, I think...
Just adding the output of hald that I found in my syslog (when doing "sudo hald --daemon=yes --verbose=yes --use-syslog"):
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:529: hal 0.5.9.1 /var/run/ hald/dbus- GDedVsW496, guid=1369e3dc8d 0263f932971c004 7 .DBus.Error. NameHasNoOwner Could not get UID of name 'org.freedeskto p.DBus' : no such name .DBus
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:538: Will daemonize
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10155]: 16:46:39.371 [i] hald.c:539: Becoming a daemon
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.373 [i] hald_dbus.c:4807: local server is listening at unix:abstract=
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Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.377 [i] hald_runner.c:299: Runner has pid 10157
Oct 21 16:46:39 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.378 [W] ci-tracker.c:200: Could not get uid for connection: org.freedesktop
Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.378 [E] hald_dbus.c:4462: Cannot get caller info for org.freedesktop
Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.380 [i] hald_runner.c:180: runner connection is 0x6536b0
Oct 21 16:46:40 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:39.382 [i] mmap_cache.c:161: Regenerating fdi cache..
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:137: In regen_cache_cb exit_type=1, return_code=0
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [E] mmap_cache.c:190: fdi cache regeneration failed!
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:193: fdi cache generation done
Oct 21 16:46:49 thechair hald[10156]: 16:46:49.388 [i] mmap_cache.c:251: cache mtime is 1192868046
Notice the error messages?... related to DBUS, I think...