On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 10:30:55PM +0200, Nicolas DEGAND wrote:
> Le Mercredi 8 Juin 2005 21:17, Sjoerd Simons a �crit�:
> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 02:06:37AM +0200, Nicolas DEGAND wrote:
> > > Le Lundi 6 Juin 2005 15:40, Sjoerd Simons a �crit�:
> > > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 10:52:33AM +0200, Nicolas DEGAND wrote:
> > > > > Package: hal
> > > > > Version: 0.4.8-1
> > > > > Severity: minor
> > > > >
> > > > > When shutting down my computer it tries for at least a minute to stop
> > > > > HAL. When at last it stops, it prints the following error message :
> > > > >
> > > > > run-parts: /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal exited with return
> > > > > code 2
> > > >
> > > > What happens if you run /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal stop manually ?
> > >
> > > It shuts down instantaneously
> >
> > With what exit code ?
>
> I apologize. My previous answer was totally wrong. I stopped and restarted it
> as a normal user and as root multiple times and got confused about what was
> exactly going on.
>
> I made again the test as root.
>
> It displays "Stopping Hardware abstraction layer: " forever. Then goes back
> to
> the prompt on the same line than the message. And afterwards hald is still
> running. So basically shutting it down manually does nothing.
>
> I have also found something else. If I shut down my computer just after I
> started it (precisely before having logged in kdm and using the kdm shutdown
> menu), hald stops quickly
Could you check if hald goes into state D after you have it running for some
time ?
> By the way, I just realized that having a daemon called HAL unwilling to shut
> down on my computer is somehow funny.
It just has a mind of it's own sometimes :)
Sjoerd
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