nautilus won't start, howto troubleshoot hald

[Paul]

Paul wrote:
> ok, I cut out the rc.hal script and rebooted after failing to kill hald 
> .. now when starting it I get a message "Failed to get Page 2A" and it 
> seems dead.  Any ideas?  Following is the complete output:
> 
> root :~# hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes
> 18:01:35.959 [I] hald.c:390: hal 0.2.98
> 18:01:35.960 [I] hald.c:394: Will not daemonize
> 18:01:36.029 [I] linux/osspec.c:198: Mountpoint for sysfs is /sys
> 18:01:36.137 [I] linux/osspec.c:1362: 
> ******************************************
> 18:01:36.138 [I] linux/osspec.c:1363: **** hotplug_counter is now 1
> 18:01:36.139 [I] linux/osspec.c:1364: 
> ******************************************
> 18:01:36.141 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 4310: ###################################
> 4310: fstab-sync entering; add udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> 4310: mount_root=/mnt use_managed=no managed_keyword=kudzu
> 4310: Acquiring advisory lock on /etc/fstab
> 4310: Lock acquired
> 18:01:36.218 [W] hald_dbus.c:95: No property info.capabilities on device 
> with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> libhal.c 840 : Error sending msg: No property info.capabilities on 
> device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> 18:01:36.221 [W] hald_dbus.c:95: No property info.capabilities on device 
> with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> libhal.c 840 : Error sending msg: No property info.capabilities on 
> device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> 18:01:36.223 [W] hald_dbus.c:95: No property info.capabilities on device 
> with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> libhal.c 840 : Error sending msg: No property info.capabilities on 
> device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> 4310: Releasing advisory lock on /etc/fstab
> 4310: Lock released
> 4310: fstab-sync exiting; add udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> 4310: ###################################
> 
> 18:01:36.227 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
> 18:01:36.228 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3 pci
> 18:01:36.327 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 18:01:36.332 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2413
> 18:01:36.333 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2 pci
> 18:01:36.416 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 18:01:36.422 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2412
> 18:01:36.423 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/usb4 usb
> 18:01:36.432 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 18:01:36.437 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_0_0_206_-1_0000:00:1f.2
> 18:01:36.438 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/usb4/4-0:1.0 usb
> 18:01:36.444 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 18:01:36.449 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_usb_device_0_0_206_-1_0000:00:1f.2_0
> 18:01:36.450 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.1 pci
> 18:01:36.542 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 18:01:36.548 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2411
> 18:01:36.549 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.1/ide1 ide_host
> 18:01:36.553 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 18:01:36.558 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_host_1
> 18:01:36.559 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.1/ide1/1.0 ide
> 18:01:36.564 [I] callout.c:332: Invoking 
> /etc/hal/device.d/50-fstab-sync.hal
> 18:01:36.570 [I] hald.c:80: Added device to GDL; 
> udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0
> 18:01:36.571 [I] linux/osspec.c:754: handling /sys/block/hdc block
> 18:01:36.674 [I] linux/block_class_device.c:1336: Bus type is ide!
> 18:01:36.674 [I] linux/block_class_device.c:1360: Working around broken 
> ide-cs driver for /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0
> Failed to get Page 2A
> 

hmmm .. I solved this by upgrading from linux-2.6.7 to 2.6.8.1 .. now
hal runs and so does nautilus


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