I need help with HALD...


Hardware:
Motherboard: ASUS M2NPV-VM
Processor: AMD 3800+
Memory: 2GB

Software:
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE amd64 GENERIC kernel
Gnome 2.22.0

Disk drive was wiped clean, then everything was compiled from sources
and installed from scratch with reference to the FreeBSD Handbook.

Compiler options used:
CFLAGS= -O -pipe
COPTFLAGS= -O -pipe

Gnome runs fine with only dbus_enable="YES" and polkitd_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf

Adding hald_enable="YES" into rc.conf turns the system into a boat
anchor.

Examples:
Clicking on any desktop icon in Gnome yields no response.

xterm takes over 4 minutes to start up

After typing a command into xterm, more than 110 seconds elapse before
what I've typed is echoed on the display monitor. Striking the ENTER
key freezes the mouse pointer and appears to lock the system up. I
have not been able to get any command to execute via xterm and thus
have no clue about what the system is doing when x.org/Gnome is
running with HALD enabled..

Disabling HALD in /etc/rc.conf makes x.org/Gnome work again.

It is not clear to me on how I should go about trying to diagnose this
problem, since doing it with HALD enabled does not appear to be an
option. Does anyone have suggestions?


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