hal 0571 works, hal >=0581 does not

[Peter]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:42:07 -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote:

> Peter wrote:
>> With dbus 1.0.0 and dbus-glib 0.72, hal 0.5.7.1 works fine, hald loads
>> along with the runner. When I try the same with 0.5.8.1 with no policy
>> kit, the hald daemon segfaults after probing volumes, and hal makes dbus
>> inaccessible. The same occurs with the git version.
>> 
>> I tried to capture the output of hald --daemon=no, but can't seem to get
>> stdout to redirect to a file.
>> 
>> hald --daemon=no >halfile.txt creates an empty file, not the whole
>> screenfuls of data normally passed.
>> 
>> So, not being a programmer, where should I start in order to provide you
>> with useful information.
>> 
>> kernel-2.6.17.3 with ck patches
>> Slackware 11
>> udev 0.97
>> dbus 1.0.0
>> dbus-glib 0.72
>> 
>> thanks
> 
> I've experienced similar issues in Gentoo. This is why the official
> Gentoo version still sits at the 0.5.7.1 series. However we're using a
> stock kernel and I've had the same thing happen with kernel 2.6.17 and
> 2.6.18. udev 100 through 103. I haven't had time to debug the issue,
> except the result log file looks similar to what your log was in your
> other e-mail.
>

thanks for the clarification and confirmation. Oftentimes, I'm hesitant to
post a possible error thinking it might be me! (I have had more than one
"bug" thrown back into my face in my time :), ask Jakub). AFAIK there are
a few issues with 0.5.8.1 which need working through. JM2C

-- 
Peter