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

[tech_dev(Alex Mandel)]

I was about to boot my live CD and then gave a manual mount a try.
Solved that problem. Wished Synaptic had warned me though that I was 
about to remove some pretty critical items, that and I should read 
through what's going to be removed when I add a package.

Of course this still leaves me wondering how to get my usb devices 
hooked up, oh well thats another day/topic...

Sorry my fault for not thinking clearly before panicking,
Alex

Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> 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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