Bug 507630

Summary:	app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools - /usr/sbin/laptop_mode: line 205: HDPARM~_DEBUG: syntax error in expression (error token is ~_DEBUG)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	jimmij <jimmij>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) <alonbl>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	alonbl
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description jimmij 2014-04-14 12:32:23 UTC

Systemd cannot start laptop-mode (1.63-r2, last stable) with the following error:

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[  OK  ] Started Login Service.
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode: line 205: HDPARM~_DEBUG: syntax error in expression (error token is ~_DEBUG)
[FAILED] Failed to start Laptop Mode Tools.
See 'systemctl status laptop-mode.service' for details.
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Comment 1 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-04-14 13:39:29 UTC

Do you have leftovers of backup file in /etc/laptop-mode/modules/, /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/ ? look for hdparm with ~ somewhere

Comment 2 jimmij 2014-04-14 14:22:26 UTC

Uhhh, indeed I had /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/hdparm~.
I was affected by https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477958 so as a workaround for 1.63-r2 I've edited /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/hdparm manually with emacs editor which by itself created hdparm~ as a backup file.
Marked bug as solved. Thx.