On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 12:15:16PM +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > [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
Can your run strace -f -s 1024 hald --daemon=no and hald --deamon=no --verbose=yes And mail the output of both. > It looks like it's waiting for a pipe connected to itself to become > readable. That would be kinda strange.. Hopefully with the output of the commands i've asked you to run, we can determine where in the hal code this is happening. Sjoerd -- 13. ... r-q1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]