Am 30.09.2013 04:12, schrieb Olaf Meeuwissen: > Package: hal > Version: 0.5.14-8 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I've only noticed this late last week after my weekly Monday morning > update of jessie but the lshal command has become dysfunctional. > > When I try to execute lshal, there is no reply for a while (about 25 > seconds) and then it reports. > > $ lshal > *** [DIE] lshal.c:dump_devices():285 : Couldn't obtain list of devices > > A second attempt after this returns the same error message immediately. > > A glance through my /var/log/syslog shows: > > Sep 30 10:57:14 $hostname dbus[3525]: [system] Activating service > name='org.freedesktop.Hal' (using servicehelper) > Sep 30 10:57:14 $hostname acpid: client connected from 10344[108:114] > Sep 30 10:57:14 $hostname acpid: 1 client rule loaded > Sep 30 10:57:39 $hostname dbus[3525]: [system] Failed to activate service > 'org.freedesktop.Hal': timed out > Sep 30 10:58:03 $hostname dbus[3525]: [system] Activating service > name='org.freedesktop.Hal' (using servicehelper) > Sep 30 10:58:03 $hostname dbus[3525]: [system] Activated service > 'org.freedesktop.Hal' failed: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1 > > Also, before the first invocation, hald is not running. Before the > second invocation it is. > > My prime interest is not lshal itself but custom software that uses > libhal to access information that is also shown by lshal. Judging from > the above, I would think that everything that still uses HAL may be > affected.
Hal is completely dead and shouldn't be used anymore. My guess is, that it is broken due to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=705489 -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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