Package: hal Version: 0.5.10-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux deodand 2.6.18-5-xen-686 #1 SMP Wed Oct 3 04:02:16 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg --configure --pending Setting up hal (0.5.10-4) ... Reloading system message bus config...done. Starting Hardware abstraction layer: hald
Over in another terminal: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -ef | grep hal root 12050 12049 0 12:11 ttyp0 00:00:00 /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/hal.postinst configure root 12077 12050 0 12:11 ttyp0 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d hal start root 12093 12077 0 12:11 ttyp0 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/hal start root 12097 12093 0 12:11 ttyp0 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/hald root 12098 12097 0 12:11 ? 00:00:00 [hald] <defunct> richard 12101 11814 0 12:12 ttyp3 00:00:00 grep hal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo strace -p 12097 Process 12097 attached - interrupt to quit select(4, [3], NULL, [3], {218, 256000} <unfinished ...> Process 12097 detached [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo lsof -p 12097 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME hald 12097 root cwd DIR 8,1 4096 2 / hald 12097 root rtd DIR 8,1 4096 2 / hald 12097 root txt REG 8,1 291296 438274 /usr/sbin/hald hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 154384 430281 /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1 hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 83708 147661 /lib/i686/nosegneg/libnsl-2.7.so hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 1368484 147655 /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc-2.7.so hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 149328 147659 /lib/i686/nosegneg/libm-2.7.so hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 213476 429642 /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 651308 432026 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.4 hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 241360 432132 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1400.4 hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 110056 437747 /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0 hald 12097 root mem REG 8,1 117344 147471 /lib/ld-2.7.so hald 12097 root 0u CHR 3,0 1723 /dev/ttyp0 hald 12097 root 1u CHR 3,0 1723 /dev/ttyp0 hald 12097 root 2u CHR 3,0 1723 /dev/ttyp0 hald 12097 root 3r FIFO 0,6 172050 pipe hald 12097 root 4w FIFO 0,6 172050 pipe It looks like it's waiting for a pipe connected to itself to become readable. ttfn/rjk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]