--- trunk/hal/hald.rc	2005/05/03 15:32:40	18
+++ trunk/hal/hald.rc	2006/10/20 17:46:27	81
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# $Header: /root/magellan-cvs/src/hal/hald.rc,v 1.1 2005-05-03 15:32:40 niro Exp $
+# $Header: /root/magellan-cvs/src/hal/hald.rc,v 1.2 2006-10-20 17:46:27 niro Exp $
 
 #%rlevels: 0:k 1:k 6:k 7:s
 #%start: 58
@@ -17,14 +17,22 @@
 case "$1" in
 	start)
 		echo -e ${COLOREDSTAR}"Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer daemon ..."
-		start-stop-daemon --start -q --exec /usr/sbin/hald
+
+		# allow hal to process acpi events
+		if [ -f /proc/acpi/event ]
+		then
+			chgrp haldaemon /proc/acpi/event
+			chmod 440 /proc/acpi/event
+		fi
+
+		start-stop-daemon --start -q --exec /usr/sbin/hald -- --use-syslog
 		evaluate_retval
 		splash svc_started splash 0
 		;;
 
 	stop)
 		echo -e ${COLOREDSTAR}"Stopping Hardware Abstraction Layer daemon ..."
-		start-stop-daemon --stop -q --pidfile /var/run/hald/hald.pid 
+		start-stop-daemon --stop -q --pidfile /var/run/hald/hald.pid
 		evaluate_retval
 		splash svc_stopped splash 0
 		;;