Bug 278642 – sys-apps/hal-0.5.13: config update stops Xorg from detecting inputs

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description DaggyStyle 2009-07-22 08:09:34 UTC]

after upgrading from 0.5.12_rc1-r7, there is a config update that removes the following lines in the file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf:
<policy user="root">                                        
    <allow own="org.freedesktop.Hal"/>                        
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"             
        send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device"/>         
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"             
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager"/>     
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"             
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch"/>
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"                  
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Leds"/>      
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"                  
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage"/>   
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"                  
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.Removable"/>
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"                         
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/>
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"                             
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/>               
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"                             
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/>        
    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"                             
           send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.WakeOnLan"/>            
  </policy>
removing them, renders all input offline. reinstalling 0.5.12_rc1-r7 renders te input back, also, installing 0.5.13 and rejecting the suggested config renders the input working again.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2009-07-22 11:27:14 UTC]

Created attachment 198783 [details]
diff from etc-update

This is the diff I got from etc-update from updating HAL. I skipped the update, and kept the config file as is, and my input devices kept working.

If that helps any.

[Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2009-07-22 11:31:26 UTC]

+  22 Jul 2009; Samuli Suominen <[e-mail]> package.mask:
+  Mask latest HAL since it renders all input devices unusable.

[Comment 3 DaggyStyle 2009-07-22 11:46:55 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Created an attachment (id=198783) [edit]
> diff from etc-update
> 
> This is the diff I got from etc-update from updating HAL. I skipped the update,
> and kept the config file as is, and my input devices kept working.
> 
> If that helps any.
> 

that is exacly what I've did.

[Comment 4 Rahul Jain 2009-07-22 12:02:36 UTC]

Hmm, I was about to file a bug on 0.5.13. My X server does not start after the upgrade with the following FATAL message:
FATAL: Module fbcon not found.
I think this is the same bug.

[Comment 5 Simon Perry 2009-07-22 12:10:55 UTC]

I can confirm this as well. This version of hal (well, not this version but the config it provides) makes my X dirty like zebra.

So I masked it out, re-emerged and it's clean like aardvark.

[root@nexus]-[22:04:40]-[~]
# cat /etc/portage/package.mask/hal 
=sys-apps/hal-0.5.13

[Comment 6 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-07-22 12:49:32 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Hmm, I was about to file a bug on 0.5.13. My X server does not start after the
> upgrade with the following FATAL message:
> FATAL: Module fbcon not found.
> I think this is the same bug.

Probably unrelated. File a new bug report.

Thanks

[Comment 7 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2009-07-22 13:07:42 UTC]

*** Bug 278631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 8 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2009-07-22 14:55:05 UTC]

That will teach me to actually test on my !policykit box.  Fixed in 0.5.13-r1.

[Comment 9 Martin von Gagern 2009-07-22 20:06:58 UTC]

Related: bug #278760 about segfaults in Xorg due to broken hal config.

[Comment 10 Jean-Francis Roy 2009-07-23 15:14:22 UTC]

*** Bug 278838 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***