Bug#542772: hal: HAL deamon locks computer on boot, needs powercycling to recover
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
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Bug#542772: hal: HAL deamon locks computer on boot, needs powercycling to recover
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". Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#542772: hal: HAL deamon locks computer on boot, needs powercycling to recover
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. This is only happening on an old Dell Inspiron 3500 notebook, my more modern systems seem perfectly happy. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages hal depends on: ii acl 2.2.47-3Access control list utilities ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups ii consolekit 0.3.0-3 framework for defining and trackin ii dbus 1.2.16-2simple interprocess messaging syst ii hal-info 20090716-1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - fdi f ii libc62.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib 0.82-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libexpat12.0.1-4 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.4-1The GLib library of C routines ii libhal-stora 0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libhal1 0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libpolkit2 0.9-4 library for accessing PolicyKit ii libsmbios2 2.0.3.dfsg-1Provide access to (SM)BIOS informa ii libstdc++6 4.4.1-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-13 userspace USB programming library ii libvolume-id 0.141-1 libvolume_id shared library ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii mount2.15.1~rc1-1Tools for mounting and manipulatin ii pciutils 1:3.1.3-2 Linux PCI Utilities ii pm-utils 1.2.5-4 utilities and scripts for power ma ii policykit0.9-4 framework for managing administrat ii udev 0.141-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo ii usbutils 0.84-1 Linux USB utilities Versions of packages hal recommends: ii eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer ii libsmbios-bin 2.0.3.dfsg-1 Provide access to (SM)BIOS informa Versions of packages hal suggests: pn gnome-device-manager (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
