Package: hal Version: 0.5.11-8 Severity: normal Hi,
The hald daemon is very long to start on debian lenny: around 30s ! I try to debug it. This is what i get : # cat /etc/default/hal DAEMON_OPTS="--verbose=yes --use-syslog" Here the first and last lines of /var/log/syslog : Sep 9 18:17:56 pcz4002 hald[3703]: 18:17:56.650 [I] hald.c:669: hal 0.5.11 Sep 9 18:17:56 pcz4002 hald[3703]: 18:17:56.650 [I] hald.c:678: Will daemonize Sep 9 18:17:56 pcz4002 hald[3703]: 18:17:56.650 [I] hald.c:679: Becoming a daemon Sep 9 18:17:56 pcz4002 hald[3704]: 18:17:56.651 [I] hald_dbus.c:5381: local server is listening at unix:abstract=/var/run/hald/dbus-ctbCC8inIC,guid=8cb19e029d57bda5d392f6924aa7d534 (...) Sep 9 18:18:26 pcz4002 hald[3704]: 18:18:26.662 [E] hald_dbus.c:5747: dbus_bus_get(): Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. If i : # /etc/init.d/hal restart The restart took around 2 seconds. # grep hald /var/log/syslog | grep '\[E\]' Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.136 [E] acpi.c:758: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/button/lid: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/button/lid': No such file or directory Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald-probe-serial: [4517]: 18:41:24.620 [E] probe-serial.c:84: serial port /dev/ttyS0 seems not to exist Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.624 [E] acpi.c:758: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/ac_adapter: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/ac_adapter': No such file or directory Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.624 [E] acpi.c:758: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/button/lid: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/button/lid': No such file or directory Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.624 [E] acpi.c:758: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/button/sleep: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/button/sleep': No such file or directory Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald-probe-serial: [4519]: 18:41:24.630 [E] probe-serial.c:84: serial port /dev/ttyS1 seems not to exist Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald-probe-serial: [4520]: 18:41:24.631 [E] probe-serial.c:84: serial port /dev/ttyS2 seems not to exist Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald-probe-serial: [4521]: 18:41:24.633 [E] probe-serial.c:84: serial port /dev/ttyS3 seems not to exist Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.697 [E] device.c:1705: In hal_device_inc_num_ready_addons for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic__Compact_Flash_20060413092100000_0_0 but all addons are already ready! Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.709 [E] device.c:1705: In hal_device_inc_num_ready_addons for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic__SM_xD_Picture_20060413092100000_0_1 but all addons are already ready! Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.720 [E] device.c:1705: In hal_device_inc_num_ready_addons for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic__SD_MMC_20060413092100000_0_2 but all addons are already ready! Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.732 [E] device.c:1705: In hal_device_inc_num_ready_addons for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic__MS_MS_Pro_HG_20060413092100000_0_3 but all addons are already ready! Sep 9 18:41:24 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:24.745 [E] device.c:1705: In hal_device_inc_num_ready_addons for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic__SD_MMC_MS_MSPRO_20060413092100000_0_4 but all addons are already ready! Sep 9 18:41:25 pcz4002 hald[4497]: 18:41:25.074 [E] device.c:1705: In hal_device_inc_num_ready_addons for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_RAM_GH40L but all addons are already ready! I can make more tests and give more logs. Thank you. Guy -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages hal depends on: ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups ii dbus 1.2.1-5+lenny1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii hal-info 20080508+git20080601-1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - fdi f ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-5+lenny1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.82-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libexpat1 2.0.1-4 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libhal-storage1 0.5.11-8 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libhal1 0.5.11-8 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libsmbios2 2.0.3.dfsg-1 Provide access to (SM)BIOS informa ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-13 userspace USB programming library ii libvolume-id0 0.125-7+lenny3 libvolume_id shared library ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii mount 2.13.1.1-1 Tools for mounting and manipulatin ii pciutils 1:3.0.0-6 Linux PCI Utilities ii pm-utils 1.1.2.4-1 utilities and scripts for power ma ii udev 0.125-7+lenny3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo ii usbutils 0.73-10 Linux USB utilities Versions of packages hal recommends: ii eject 2.1.5+deb1-4 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer ii libsmbios-bin 2.0.3.dfsg-1 Provide access to (SM)BIOS informa Versions of packages hal suggests: pn gnome-device-manager <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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