hald not running, says it starts, but still not running

[Gerry Tool <gstool earthlink net>]

When I open Preferences > Removable Storage, an Error box opens saying
Volume Management not Supported.  The "hald" service is required, but
not currently running.  Enable the service and rerun this applet ...

When I go to System Settings > Server Settings > Services, haldaemon is
checked, but Status is "hald is stopped."  When I click on Start, an
Information box says "haldaemon start successful", but Status still
indicates "hald is stopped."

This is a recently installed FC3T2 Personal Desktop install with all
updates available as of 10/1/04 4:23pm CDT installed.  This is probably
the root cause of not being able to mount a CD as noted in an earlier
post.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Gerry Tool