I am still getting the unable to init hal upon startup...
and here's my daemon log:
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: starting BIND 9.3.2 -u bind
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: found 2 CPUs, using 2 worker threads
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf'
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 192.168.2.81#53
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: listening on IPv4 interface eth1, 192.168.80.1#53
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: command channel listening on ::1#953
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: zone 127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: zone 255.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: zone activate.plutohome.com/IN: loaded serial 45
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 1
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter named[4413]: running
May 3 11:34:53 dcerouter ypserv[4432]: refused connect from 192.168.2.81:32771 to procedure ypproc_domain_nonack (pluto,;0)
May 3 11:34:55 dcerouter kernel: [17179600.372000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
May 3 11:34:59 dcerouter gconfd (dan-4504): starting (version 2.16.0), pid 4504 user 'dan'
May 3 11:34:59 dcerouter gconfd (dan-4504): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
May 3 11:34:59 dcerouter gconfd (dan-4504): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/dan/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
May 3 11:34:59 dcerouter gconfd (dan-4504): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
May 3 11:34:59 dcerouter gconfd (dan-4504): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3
May 3 11:34:59 dcerouter gconfd (dan-4504): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4
May 3 11:35:02 dcerouter gconfd (dan-4504): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/dan/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0
May 3 11:35:03 dcerouter gnome-power-manager: (dan) Critical error: This program cannot start until you start the dbus system service. It is <b>strongly recommended</b> you reboot your computer after starting this service.
May 3 11:35:47 dcerouter ypbind[4445]: broadcast: RPC: Timed out.
May 3 11:36:41 dcerouter ypbind[4445]: broadcast: RPC: Timed out.
