Hello, I found some more info in the kernel log:
[ 4716.948037] INFO: task hald-addon-stor:2084 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 4716.948047] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 4716.948051] hald-addon-st D e00abaa0 0 2084 2047 [ 4716.948056] ddafa2c0 00000086 0000000c e00abaa0 c01e1625 ddafa44c c13f9fa0 00000000 [ 4716.948065] 00000000 0003e075 e00911ca de4e9b9b 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000ff [ 4716.948072] 7fffffff 7fffffff de4e9c10 00000002 c02b84b1 e00abaa0 00000000 00000082 [ 4716.948079] Call Trace: [ 4716.948099] [<c01e1625>] __delay+0x6/0x7 [ 4716.948113] [<e00911ca>] cdrom_do_newpc_cont+0x0/0x2c [ide_cd_mod] [ 4716.948129] [<c02b84b1>] schedule_timeout+0x13/0x86 [ 4716.948140] [<c02b82f0>] schedule+0x64e/0x66f [ 4716.948152] [<c01e1625>] __delay+0x6/0x7 [ 4716.948160] [<c02b7bd5>] wait_for_common+0xaf/0x10f [ 4716.948167] [<c011b682>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x8 [ 4716.948179] [<e0099f42>] ide_do_drive_cmd+0xd6/0xf2 [ide_core] [ 4716.948207] [<e008fc65>] ide_cd_queue_pc+0x35/0xb4 [ide_cd_mod] [ 4716.948217] [<c01d20af>] __blk_put_request+0x24/0x75 [ 4716.948227] [<c01d23ec>] blk_put_request+0x22/0x36 [ 4716.948234] [<e0099f54>] ide_do_drive_cmd+0xe8/0xf2 [ide_core] [ 4716.948255] [<e008ff44>] cdrom_check_status+0x5a/0x65 [ide_cd_mod] [ 4716.948290] [<c01d4d5b>] blk_end_sync_rq+0x0/0x25 [ 4716.948298] [<e008ffb0>] ide_cd_read_toc+0x61/0x3b2 [ide_cd_mod] [ 4716.948314] [<e009084b>] idecd_revalidate_disk+0x10/0x16 [ide_cd_mod] [ 4716.948324] [<c01d4d5b>] blk_end_sync_rq+0x0/0x25 [ 4716.948330] [<c01760d3>] get_super+0x15/0x7a [ 4716.948338] [<c019400f>] __invalidate_device+0x2e/0x34 [ 4716.948346] [<c019404e>] check_disk_change+0x39/0x57 [ 4716.948353] [<e0089f2a>] cdrom_open+0x882/0x8f8 [cdrom] [ 4716.948363] [<c017a4d8>] do_lookup+0x53/0x153 [ 4716.948370] [<c0182592>] dput+0x15/0xbb [ 4716.948376] [<c017c408>] __link_path_walk+0x9ff/0xb0b [ 4716.948383] [<c01ddb6c>] kobject_get+0xf/0x13 [ 4716.948388] [<c01d69d9>] get_disk+0x33/0x49 [ 4716.948393] [<c01d69f6>] exact_lock+0x7/0xd [ 4716.948397] [<c023ba1a>] kobj_lookup+0xe4/0x10e [ 4716.948407] [<e008f4f1>] idecd_open+0x44/0x6b [ide_cd_mod] [ 4716.948416] [<c019463c>] do_open+0xb6/0x28f [ 4716.948426] [<c0194990>] blkdev_open+0x0/0x4d [ 4716.948430] [<c01949b5>] blkdev_open+0x25/0x4d [ 4716.948437] [<c0172da7>] __dentry_open+0x10d/0x1fc [ 4716.948444] [<c0172eb2>] nameidata_to_filp+0x1c/0x2c [ 4716.948451] [<c017d5ae>] do_filp_open+0x34f/0x684 [ 4716.948461] [<e0087322>] cdrom_release+0x179/0x1ae [cdrom] [ 4716.948469] [<e02994cf>] psmouse_interrupt+0x20a/0x214 [psmouse] [ 4716.948482] [<c023eb4c>] serio_interrupt+0x5c/0x65 [ 4716.948499] [<c0172bc4>] do_sys_open+0x40/0xb0 [ 4716.948506] [<c0172c78>] sys_open+0x1e/0x23 [ 4716.948512] [<c0103853>] sysenter_past_esp+0x78/0xb1 [ 4716.948523] [<c02b0000>] acpi_pci_root_add+0x165/0x296 [ 4716.948532] ======================= This was repeated over and over at 5 minute intervals. So maybe this is a bug in the kernel, not in HAL. -- John Lindgren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org