[vox-tech] What is HAL?

[Alex Mandel]

Bob Scofield wrote:
> My Debian system seems to be going backward.  It seems I used to be able to 
> mount things by right clicking with the mouse.  Now if I want to mount a 
> floppy or a digital camera or a CD, I get this message:  "Feature only 
> available with HAL."  What is HAL?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Bob
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Hardware Abstraction Layer, it's used to handle the detection and
auto-mount of devices. You may want to try to reinstall it.
Mine got buggy that other day too and wasn't reading Music Cds.

Try
apt-get --reinstall hal


Alex