Stuart F. Biggar wrote:
>>>
>> This SEGV has been reported on b107 under bug
>> 6801386.
>> The workaround is to make certain hald starts before
>> X.
>>
>
> Note that I get a similar failure to start X on a notebook with an ATI FireGL
> chipset. It worked fine with snv_106 and works with S10U6. A Lacie USB hard
> disk works fine with S10U6 and also fails with snv_107 (I don't know if it
> works with 106). Does hald control removable things also?
Yes, hald was originally integrated for the removable media manager
replacement for the old vold.
> How does a relative novice make sure hald starts before X?
If you're using gdm, the SMF service dependencies should ensure that
happens, but I don't think dtlogin's SMF service lists that dependency.
For manual startup, checking svcs hal reports it's online first should
work.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
