hal daemon???

[Gary Kline]

i am finally making some progress, however slight.  i tried using
sound-juicer with the -d=/dev/cd1 and a popup [dialog] said
something about hal not running.  i 'm guilty of inattention to
detail here.  how to i fire up this daemon?  or is it more
complicated than that?

tia, 

gary

ps:  after quite some time, amarok was able to recognize the
cdrom and even the several titles.  but i can't play anything.
so, still stumped.


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