Re: [PLUG] After dist_upgrade, kubuntu system won't boot

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

On Saturday 28 October 2006 15:05, sean finney wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 12:46 -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
> > > it looks like you did this on a system that was already up and running.
> > > could you try again after stopping dbus?
> > >
> > > also, if there's a long pause, could you point out in the output
> > > where the pause is?
> >
> > The long pause is at the 4th to last line: "* Starting Hardware
> > abstraction layer hald"
>
> okay, now we're getting somewhere, at least a bit closer.
>
> > + '[' -d /etc/dbus-1/event.d ']'
> > + run-parts --arg=start /etc/dbus-1/event.d
> >  * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald
>
> so let's try (a) having a listing of files in this directory,
> and (b) putting a "set -x" at the top of each of the files
> in this directory (just below the #!/bin/sh shebang).

OK,  now we get past the previous line and stall at 
"+ 
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/hal/hald.pid --exec /usr/sbin/hald --"

Full output is 

+ set -e
+ DAEMON=/usr/bin/dbus-daemon
+ NAME=dbus
+ DAEMONUSER=messagebus
+ PIDDIR=/var/run/dbus
+ PIDFILE=/var/run/dbus/pid
+ DESC='system message bus'
+ EVENTDIR=/etc/dbus-1/event.d
+ test -x /usr/bin/dbus-daemon
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions
++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']'
++ . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh
+ ENABLED=1
+ PARAMS=
+ '[' -e /etc/default/dbus ']'
+ . /etc/default/dbus
++ PARAMS=
++ ENABLED=1
+ test 1 '!=' 0
+ case "$1" in
+ start_it_up
+ '[' '!' -d /var/run/dbus ']'
+ '[' -e /var/run/dbus/pid ']'
+ log_daemon_msg 'Starting system message bus' dbus
+ '[' -z 'Starting system message bus' ']'
+ log_use_usplash
+ type usplash_write
+ usplash_write 'TEXT Starting system message bus dbus'
+ log_use_fancy_output
+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
+ '[' xxterm '!=' xdumb ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/expr ']'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60
+ FANCYTTY=1
+ true
+ /usr/bin/tput xenl
++ /usr/bin/tput cols
+ COLS=70
+ '[' 70 ']'
++ /usr/bin/expr 70 - 7
+ COL=63
+ printf ' * Starting system message bus dbus       '
 * Starting system message bus dbus       ++ /usr/bin/expr 70 - 1
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 69
                                                                     + 
printf ' '
 + start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/dbus/pid --user 
messagebus --exec /usr/bin/dbus-daemon -- --system
+ log_end_msg 0
+ '[' -z 0 ']'
+ log_use_usplash
+ type usplash_write
+ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ usplash_write 'SUCCESS ok'
+ '[' 63 ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ printf '\r'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 63
                                                               + '[' 0 -eq 
0 ']'
+ echo '[ ok ]'
[ ok ]
+ return 0
+ '[' -d /etc/dbus-1/event.d ']'
+ run-parts --arg=start /etc/dbus-1/event.d
+ PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+ DAEMON=/usr/sbin/hald
+ PIDDIR=/var/run/hal
+ PIDFILE=/var/run/hal/hald.pid
+ NAME=hald
+ DAEMONUSER=haldaemon
+ DESC='Hardware abstraction layer'
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions
++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']'
++ . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh
+ test -x /usr/sbin/hald
+ '[' -f /etc/default/hal ']'
+ . /etc/default/hal
++ DAEMON_OPTS=
+ set -e
+ case "$1" in
+ do_start
+ '[' '!' -d /var/run/hal ']'
+ log_daemon_msg 'Starting Hardware abstraction layer' hald
+ '[' -z 'Starting Hardware abstraction layer' ']'
+ log_use_usplash
+ type usplash_write
+ usplash_write 'TEXT Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald'
+ log_use_fancy_output
+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
+ '[' xxterm '!=' xdumb ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/expr ']'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60
+ FANCYTTY=1
+ true
+ /usr/bin/tput xenl
++ /usr/bin/tput cols
+ COLS=70
+ '[' 70 ']'
++ /usr/bin/expr 70 - 7
+ COL=63
+ printf ' * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald       '
 * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald       ++ /usr/bin/expr 70 - 1
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 69
                                                                     + 
printf ' '
 + 
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/hal/hald.pid --exec /usr/sbin/hald --

run-parts: /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal exited with return code 2
+ true
+ exit 0


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