Noèl Köthe wrote: > Package: hal > Version: 0.5.9-2 > Severity: important > > Hello,
Hi Noel,
first of all, could you please provide the log file as attachment next
time. It makes the email a bit hard to read pasting the 300kb log
directly int othe body.
>
> since upgrade from 0.5.8.1-9 hal does not start anymore:
>
> # /etc/init.d/dbus restart
> Stopping network connection manager: NetworkManager.
> Stopping DHCP D-Bus daemon: dhcdbd.
> Stopping System Tools Backends: system-tools-backends.
> Stopping Hardware abstraction layer: hald.
> Stopping system message bus: dbus.
> Starting system message bus: dbus.
> Starting Hardware abstraction layer:
> haldrun-parts: /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal exited with return code 1
> Starting System Tools Backends: system-tools-backends.
> Starting DHCP D-Bus daemon: dhcdbd.
> Starting network connection manager: NetworkManager.
>
> Because of this problem NetworkManger doesn't work anymore.
>
> If I start it manualy:
>
> # /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal start
> Starting Hardware abstraction layer: hald#
>
> The # is the prompt in the same line.
>
> Here an strace output:
>
> # strace -f /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal start
> execve("/etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal", ["/etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal",
> "start"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0) = 0x5c1000
> mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
[..]
> -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
> [pid 8297] mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b5787716000
> [pid 8297] unlink("/var/run/hal/hald.pid") = 0
> [pid 8297] write(1, "*** [DIE] osspec.c:watch_fdi_fil"..., 105) = 105
> [pid 8297] exit_group(1) = ?
> Process 8297 detached
> [pid 8296] <... select resumed> ) = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be
> restarted)
> [pid 8296] --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> [pid 8296] rt_sigreturn(0x11) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system
> call)
> [pid 8296] exit_group(1) = ?
> Process 8295 resumed
> Process 8296 detached
> [pid 8295] <... wait4 resumed> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) ==
> 1}], 0, NULL) = 8296
> [pid 8295] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> [pid 8295] --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> [pid 8295] wait4(-1, 0x7fffd27b7304, WNOHANG, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No
> child processes)
> [pid 8295] rt_sigreturn(0xffffffffffffffff) = 0
> [pid 8295] rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x436000, [], SA_RESTORER,
> 0x2b4fd8740ca0}, 8) = 0
> [pid 8295] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> [pid 8295] exit_group(1) = ?
> Process 8295 detached
> <... poll resumed> [{fd=3, events=POLLIN,
> revents=POLLIN|POLLERR|POLLHUP}], 1, -1) = 1
> close(3) = 0
> exit_group(1) = ?
> Process 8298 detached
Detached doesn't mean, it didn't start. After starting, is there no
running hald process (ps aux | grep hal)?
>
> Downgrading to the former version fixes the problem an hal and
> network-manager works again.
>
> If I can help you with other information, just tell me.:)
>
> Thanks.
> Noèl
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-mactel (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Is your kernel lacking inotify support? Could you please try an official
Debian kernel and test again.
Cheers,
Michael
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