severity 542772 important reassign 542772 linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 thanks Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > On Friday 21 Aug 2009, you wrote: >> Adam John Trickett wrote: >>> Package: hal >>> Version: 0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 >>> Severity: grave >>> Justification: renders package unusable >>> >>> When init.d starts hald the computer stops dead and cannot >>> be booted. A power cycle is required to restart the machine. >>> It is only possible to use the computer with hald disabled. >>> >>> The problem has happened on the 2.6.26 and 2.6.30 kernels. >>> When running the 2.6.18 kernel I can start hald, though it >>> does take an age to start. >> Well, it sounds like a kernel related problem then. >> >> Do you have any messages (kernel oops) in the syslog? >> Could you disable hal from starting at boot time and then run it afterwards >> manually (as root) with "hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes". > > With the 2.6.30 kernel it ran for quite a while then stopped dead on > > probe-storage.c:208 Doing open("/dev/hdc", O_RDONLY | O_NBLOCK) > > hdc is the Dell removable CD-ROM. > > I've just rebooted with the 2.6.30 kernel and started hald as normal from the > init.d and everything seems to be running okay, but I removed the CD-ROM. > > It also booted a lot faster, it looks like there is a problem with how the > kernel talks to the CD-ROM. Evidently hal works with the older kernel but not > with the newer one. > > Is there anything else that would help? > > The /var/log/syslog is full of: > > Aug 21 08:57:28 loutre kernel: [ 119.549832] hdc: possibly failed opcode: > 0xa0 > Aug 21 08:57:28 loutre kernel: [ 119.577274] hdc: drive not ready for command > Aug 21 08:57:29 loutre kernel: [ 119.606625] hdc: status error: status=0x58 > { > DriveReady SeekComplete DataReque >
Looks like a kernel regression, so reassigning. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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