[vox-tech] Gnome "Failed to Init HAL" - Lost internet, cdrom and usb

[Jonathan Stickel]

Alex

If at some point you upgraded any of those packages via apt-get or 
synaptic, the downloaded rpm file might reside in 
/var/cache/apt/archives.  Then again, maybe not because apt-get will 
delete them once they get uninstalled.

Otherwise it sounds like you need to recover from a self-booting linux 
cdrom.  If you put Fedora disk 1 back in, you can run an "upgrade" which 
will bring you back to an original off CD install; this won't overwrite 
user data.  Another option is to boot with Knoppix, download the rpms 
you need to a known place on the harddrive, reboot to partially 
functional Fedora, and install them.

HTH,
Jonathan


tech_dev(Alex Mandel) wrote:
> So I was trying to configure a scanner and I used synaptic to install 
> usbmgr.
> 
> This unistalled hal, gonme-volume-manager, hotplug etc. (Didn't quite 
> realize what I was doing)
> 
> So I go to boot up the machine to work on it today and I get a "Failed 
> to initialize HAL" with a haywire usb mouse, no ethernet and no cdrom.
> 
> How do I undo the damage, I know I need to reinstall HAL etc. but I 
> can't access the cd or the internet to get the package.
> 
> Help,
> Alex
> (Making life miserable for myself)
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