diff --git a/etc/init.d/hald b/etc/init.d/hald
index 4c1f39e..6ebda23 100755
--- a/etc/init.d/hald
+++ b/etc/init.d/hald
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ source /etc/init.d/functions
 
 case "$1" in
         start)
+		if [ -f /usr/share/pci.ids.gz ]; then
+			gzip -d -c /usr/share/pci.ids.gz >/usr/share/pci.ids
+		fi
+		if [ -f /usr/share/usb.ids.gz ]; then
+			gzip -d -c /usr/share/usb.ids.gz >/usr/share/usb.ids
+		fi
 		if [ -f /var/run/hald.pid ]; then
 			if [ "`pgrep -P 1 hald`" == "`cat /var/run/hald.pid`" ]; then
 				echo -n "Hald already running"
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ case "$1" in
 			fi
 		fi
                 echo -n "Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer Daemon"
-                loadproc /usr/sbin/hald --use-syslog
+                loadproc /usr/sbin/hald --verbose=yes --use-syslog
 		PID=`pgrep -P 1 hald` 
 		echo $PID >/var/run/hald.pid
                 ;;