Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal
I just updated my Karmic test box to the latest version of the HAL, and the new version will not start properly by default. It just sits there saying "Starting hardware abstraction layer hald:" At this point, hald is actually running, but the script to start it has not terminated, locking the process. I found that I could work-around the problem by adding "--background" to the options for start-stop-daemon in the /etc/init.d/hal file, like this: do_start() { if [ ! -d $PIDDIR ]; then mkdir -p $PIDDIR chmod 770 $PIDDIR chown $DAEMONUSER:$DAEMONUSER $PIDDIR fi start-stop-daemon --start --background --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE \ --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS } ** Affects: hal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Latest update for hal on Karmic causes failure to start completely https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs