[CentOS] problem starting X11 on centos 6

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Jerry Geis wrote:
> After further investigating... I found the issue. I was in fact turning 
> off haldaemon.
> Some obscure install script I forgot about.
> This must have been ok in centos 5 and X as I just checked my machines 
> and in fact it is off.
> Not sure why I turned it off way back...
> 

Read wikipedia page on HAL daemon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_%28software%29

Maybe this helps you remember. You might have turned it of if you 
haven't needed it for anything, but used udev directly instead.

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