Some time ago I discovered that dbus produces the following error: Aug 11 15:36:22 moonlight dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.9" (uid=1000 pid=32217 comm="kded --new-startup ") interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager" member="GetAllDevices" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=31969 comm="/usr/sbin/hald --use-syslog --verbose=no ")) I found it because KDE stopped displaying "what to do" window when inserting CD or plugging pendrive. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Put/plug any new media to computer 2. Watch logs Actual Results: No KDE window on media insertion. Expected Results: Window where I can choose what to do with newly inserted media.
Please post your 'emerge --info' output, KDE version, and hal version. I think this will turn out to be a hal problem, so also try setting HALD_VERBOSE="yes" in your /etc/conf.d/hald, restart hald, and plug in a drive. Then attach the resulting syslog messages from hal to this bug.
$ emerge --info Portage 2.2_rc39 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.4.1, glibc-2.10.1-r0, 2.6.30-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r5-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5600+-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:00:03 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.8-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1, 3.1.1 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.3-r3 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.0 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2, 1.11 sys-devel/binutils: 2.19.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 x86 ~amd64 ~x86" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel dummy seq-dummy loopback virmidi" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ARCH="amd64" ASFLAGS_x86="--32" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CCACHE_DIR="/root/.ccache/" CCACHE_SIZE="2G" CDEFINE_amd64="__x86_64__" CDEFINE_x86="__i386__" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64-sse3 -pipe -O2 -s" CFLAGS_x86="-m32" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLEAN_DELAY="5" COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules" COLORTERM="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64-sse3 -pipe -O2 -s" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-kkmeDnrD0r,guid=9195eb9bbc6be3ce44861ecf4a926a18" DCCC_PATH="/usr/lib64/distcc/bin" DCOP_YAKUAKE_SESSION="2" DCOP_YAKUAKE_TERMINAL="2" DEFAULT_ABI="amd64" DESKTOP_SESSION="kde-3.5" DISPLAY=":0" DISTCC_LOG="" DISTCC_VERBOSE="" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" DM_CONTROL="/var/run/xdmctl" EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-v" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" FEATURES="assume-digests ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" GS_LIB="/home/piotrek/.fonts" GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/piotrek/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/piotrek/.kde3.5/share/config/gtkrc-2.0" GTK_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/piotrek/.gtkrc:/home/piotrek/.kde3.5/share/config/gtkrc" HOME="/home/piotrek" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.19.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/info" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse void" JAVAC="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac" JAVA_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" JDK_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" KDE_FULL_SESSION="true" KDE_IS_PRELINKED="1" KDE_MULTIHEAD="false" KDE_SESSION_UID="1000" KERNEL="linux" KONSOLE_DCOP="DCOPRef(yakuake,konsole)" KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION="DCOPRef(yakuake,session-1)" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386" LDPATH="/usr/kde/3.5/lib:/usr/kde/3.5/lib64:/usr/kde/3.5/lib32:" LESS="-R -M --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" LIBDIR_amd64="lib64" LIBDIR_amd64_fbsd="lib64" LIBDIR_ppc="lib32" LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64" LIBDIR_sparc32="lib32" LIBDIR_sparc64="lib64" LIBDIR_x86="lib32" LIBDIR_x86_fbsd="lib32" LINGUAS="en pl en_US en_GB" LOGNAME="piotrek" LS_COLORS="rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:" MAKEOPTS="-j 3" MANPATH="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.19.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/:/usr/kde/3.5/share/man:/usr/qt/3/doc/man:/opt/opera/share/man" MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64 x86" MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object" MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib32 /lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib32 /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib32 /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib32 /usr/X11R6/lib" MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage)" NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml" OPENGL_PROFILE="nvidia" PAGER="/usr/bin/less" PATH="/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.1:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/games/bin" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc x86-openbsd ppc-openbsd ppc64 x86-winnt x86-fbsd ppc-aix alpha arm x86-freebsd s390 amd64 x86-macos x64-openbsd ia64-hpux hppa x86-netbsd amd64-linux ia64-linux x86 sparc-solaris x64-freebsd sparc64-solaris x86-linux x64-macos sparc m68k-mint ia64 mips ppc-macos x86-interix hppa-hpux amd64-fbsd x64-solaris mips-irix m68k sh x86-solaris sparc-fbsd" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/bin" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE_SUFFIXES="css gif htm[l]? jp[e]?g js pdf png" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_DEBUG="0" PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage@localhost" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save_summary echo" PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5" PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_INST_GID="0" PORTAGE_INST_UID="0" PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTAGE_VERBOSE="1" PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/layman/desktop-effects /usr/local/portage/layman/jokey /usr/local/portage/layman/enlightenment /usr/local/portage /usr/local/portage" PROFILE_ONLY_VARIABLES="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" PWD="/home/piotrek" QMAKESPEC="linux-g++" QTDIR="/usr/qt/3" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" ROOT="/" ROOTPATH="/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.1:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/games/bin" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" SESSION_MANAGER="local/moonlight:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/13293,unix/moonlight:/tmp/.ICE-unix/13293" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="2" STAGE1_USE="multilib nptl nptlonly unicode" SYMLINK_LIB="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" TERM="xterm" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac aalib acl acpi akode alsa amd64 arts asf aspell audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdio cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt css cups curl d dbus divx4linux dri dv dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif fbcon ffmpeg flac flash fortran ftp gdbm geoip ggi gif git glib glut gmp gnutls gpm gtk hal iconv imagemagick imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads java javascript jpeg jpeg2k kde logrotate lzo mad matroska mikmod mmx mmxext mng motif mp3 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib musicbrainz ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg oggvorbis openal opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl png pppd profile python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection rtc sdl session shorten slang smp sndfile speex spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl subversion svg symlink sysfs syslog tcpd tga theora threads tiff truetype unicode usb vcd video vorbis wma wmf x264 xanim xcb xcomposite xinerama xorg xosd xpm xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel dummy seq-dummy loopback virmidi" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse void" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en pl en_US en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa vga fbdev dummy none" USER="piotrek" USERLAND="GNU" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS NETBEANS_MODULES QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS QEMU_USER_TARGETS SANE_BACKENDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS" USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:env.d" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa vga fbdev dummy none" WINDOWID="10486554" XCURSOR_THEME="default" XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/usr/kde/3.5/etc/xdg" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/kde/3.5/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share" XDM_MANAGED="/var/run/xdmctl/xdmctl-:0,maysd,mayfn,sched,rsvd,method=classic" _="/usr/bin/emerge" sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 kde-base/kde-meta-3.5.10
