hald problems

[Jeff Mitchell]

Quoting Art Alexion <art.alexion at gmail.com>:

> After upgrading from Kubuntu Breezy to Dapper, hald went evil on me and
> refuses to load.  This means, among other things, that I can't use amaroK to
> load my ipod.
>
> I have tried getting help from google, my local Linux group, the   
> Kubuntu-users
> list and the hal developers.  No luck.  Any chance anyone here can help?
>
> If so, I can post the details.  Please.

Art--

I don't know how to help you with HAL, but can you add your iPod  
manually?  Go to the configuration dialog, select the Media Devices  
tab, and try adding the new device there.  Make sure to select the  
iPod plugin, and the correct mount point.

--Jeff