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FS#14226 - hal update - fails to load xfce

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andrew (abrouwers) - Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 03:37 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 20 April 2009, 21:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: After updating to the git build of hal, xorg (xfce, specifically) will no longer start. It pops up a message claiming "Failed to execute dbus-launch...", followed by a message relating to the xfce settings daemon failing to load, and then dies. After reverting to the hal 0.5.11, xfce loads perfectly as user, using:

"exec ck-launch-session /usr/bin/startxfce4"

and "startx"

The issue also exists as a fresh user to the system. I could not get xfce to load without the ck-launch-session bit either, and attempting startxfce4 directly. It was confirmed that both the dbus and hal daemons were loaded properly.


Additional info:
* hal-0.5.12git20090406.46dc48-1
* halinfo-0.20090330-1

Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 20 April 2009, 21:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 04:20 GMT
Works for me on both i686 and x86_64 with and without ck-launch-session, same apply to kde and gnome.

do you restarted the hal or reboted the machine?

See log files if encounter a message that can help.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 07:15 GMT
This is weird, as the xfce settings daemon shouldn't have anything to do with hal.
Comment by Artur Bednarek (artur) - Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 08:17 GMT
I'm confirmed, after updating to the git build of hal, xorg will no longer start.
Comment by Andrew (abrouwers) - Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 12:05 GMT
Yeah, I have not seen anything similar. The dbus daemon was running (and of course, hal), but the xfce session could not connect to the session.

There were similar reports on IRC (with gnome as well), so hopefully more information will appear. I did indeed try rebooting, but the issue was not cleared up (as hal/dbus were running for certain). As soon as I reverted hal + hal-info, and made no other changes to the configuration, xorg launched without any error. Automounting, input devices, etc. all work as expected.
Comment by Andrew (abrouwers) - Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 23:18 GMT
OK, I have stopped dbus/hal, updated the packages, and restarted, and xorg loads fine. I have no clue why it wasn't doing it on the fresh install properly, and I can't reproduce it.

Sorry for the noise ;)

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