Booting my thinkpad t41 /etc/init.d/hald prints "ERROR: hald faild to start". Looking for some hald processes I see: root@lynx:/root(3)# ps -ef | grep hald root 8178 1 0 15:58 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event9 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event2 root 8187 1 0 15:58 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-leds root 8188 1 0 15:58 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch root 11988 10457 0 16:09 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto hald I set HALD_VERBOSE="yes" in /etc/conf.d/hald and find a lot of hald messages in /var/log/syslog: ... Sep 21 15:58:04 lynx hald[8080]: 15:58:04.757 [I] hald.c:691: Becoming a daemon Sep 21 15:58:04 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:04.758 [I] hald_dbus.c:5421: local server is listening at unix:abstract=/var/run/hald/dbus-73SCEwl3LW,guid=0ea692146404178ffc00f0db4ab7866c Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.061 [E] ck-tracker.c:371: Error doing GetSeats on ConsoleKit: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 0 Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.061 [E] ck-tracker.c:812: Could not get seats and sessions Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.061 [W] hald_dbus.c:5846: Could not initialize seats and sessions from ConsoleKit Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx acpid: client connected from 8051[0:0] Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.142 [I] hald_runner.c:301: Runner has pid 8086 Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.142 [I] ck-tracker.c:730: ConsoleKit reappeared! Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.299 [I] ck-tracker.c:391: got seat '/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1' Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.300 [I] ck-tracker.c:342: Got all sessions on seat '/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1' Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.300 [I] ck-tracker.c:418: Got seats Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.300 [I] ck-tracker.c:816: Got seats and sessions Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.300 [I] hald_dbus.c:5768: In hald_dbus_ck_appeared Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.300 [I] hald_runner.c:182: runner connection is 0x66b030 Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.300 [W] osspec.c:387: Unable to open /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.438 [I] mmap_cache.c:265: Cache needs update Sep 21 15:58:05 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:05.438 [I] mmap_cache.c:126: Regenerating fdi cache.. Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.062 [I] mmap_cache.c:104: In regen_cache_cb exit_type=0, return_code=0 Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.062 [I] mmap_cache.c:156: fdi cache generation done Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.062 [I] mmap_cache.c:278: cache mtime is 1253529183 Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.082 [I] mmap_cache.c:83: preprobe: offset=00000018, size=6352 Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.082 [I] mmap_cache.c:85: information: offset=000018e8, size=1266608 Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.082 [I] mmap_cache.c:87: policy: offset=00136c98, size=44228 Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.083 [I] osspec.c:817: got 10de:429 as primary videocard Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.297 [I] device.c:1894: Removing locks from ':1.2' Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.320 [I] device.c:1894: Removing locks from ':1.3' Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.331 [I] device.c:1894: Removing locks from ':1.4' Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.336 [I] hald_dbus.c:1366: power_management.can_suspend -> True Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.336 [I] hald_dbus.c:1366: power_management.can_suspend_hybrid -> False Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.336 [I] hald_dbus.c:1366: power_management.can_hibernate -> True Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.337 [I] osspec.c:796: In computer_probing_pm_is_supported_helper_done Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.337 [I] osspec.c:773: got DMI from files Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.337 [I] osspec.c:492: Synthesizing sysfs events... Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.338 [I] coldplug.c:185: dev_root is /dev Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.390 [I] coldplug.c:221: found (udevdb export) '/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00' -> '/dev/(null)' Sep 21 15:58:06 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:06.390 [I] coldplug.c:221: found (udevdb export) '/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXCPU:00' -> '/dev/(null)' ... Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald-probe-volume: [8200]: 15:58:10.392 [D] probe-volume.c:380: volume.size = 2048062464 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald-probe-volume: [8200]: 15:58:10.392 [D] probe-volume.c:597: have already information about fsusage from udev, no need to probe for filesystem Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald-probe-volume: [8201]: 15:58:10.393 [D] probe-volume.c:365: Doing probe-volume for /dev/sda7 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald-probe-volume: [8201]: 15:58:10.393 [D] probe-volume.c:376: volume.block_size = 512 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald-probe-volume: [8201]: 15:58:10.393 [D] probe-volume.c:380: volume.size = 199520584704 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald-probe-volume: [8201]: 15:58:10.393 [D] probe-volume.c:597: have already information about fsusage from udev, no need to probe for filesystem Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.393 [E] hald_runner.c:671: Error running 'hald-addon-cpufreq': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection was disconnected before a reply was received Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.393 [E] hald.c:124: Cannot start addon hald-addon-cpufreq for udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.393 [E] hald_runner.c:671: Error running 'hald-addon-acpi': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection is closed Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.393 [E] hald.c:124: Cannot start addon hald-addon-acpi for udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.393 [D] hotplug.c:453: events queued = 0, events in progress = 10 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.393 [D] hald_dbus.c:3515: incrementing ready addons for device Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.394 [I] device.c:4822: entering; exit_type=0, return_code=0 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.394 [I] device.c:4753: Add callouts completed udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_2 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.394 [D] device_store.c:516: adding 0x712000 to (linux.sysfs_path,/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2/event2) Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.394 [I] hald.c:108: Added device to GDL; udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_2 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.394 [D] hald_dbus.c:3473: singleton_signal_device_changed about to send message to connection 0x6a4650 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.394 [D] hotplug.c:453: events queued = 0, events in progress = 9 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.394 [I] device.c:4822: entering; exit_type=0, return_code=0 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx hald[8081]: 15:58:10.395 [I] util.c:1001: Add callouts for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_3 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx put: Listening on /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event9 /dev/input/event3: [8178]: 15:58:10.402 [D] addon-input.c:382: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_0: Listening on /dev/input/event4 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx put: Listening on /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event9 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event4: [8178]: 15:58:10.418 [D] addon-input.c:382: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input: Listening on /dev/input/event1 Sep 21 15:58:10 lynx put: Listening on /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event9 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event1: [8178]: 15:58:10.434 [D] addon-input.c:382: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_2: Listening on /dev/input/event2 Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx libhal.c: 4494 : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx process: 8198: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 278. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx This: is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx D-Bus: not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx libhal.c: 4494 : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx libhal.c: 4494 : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx libhal.c: 4494 : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx libhal.c: 4494 : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx libhal.c: 4494 : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx libhal.c: 4494 : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx hald-addon-leds: [8187]: 15:58:13.335 [D] addon-leds.c:147: This device (/org/freedesktop/DBus/Local) isn't yet handled by the addon. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch: [8188]: 15:58:13.335 [D] addon-rfkill-killswitch.c:168: This device (/org/freedesktop/DBus/Local) isn't yet handled by the addon. Sep 21 15:58:13 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[8068]: ERROR: hald failed to start So I suppose hald-addon-cpufreq, hald-addon-leds or hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch is responsible for my problem. If I try to start X11 with gdm no keyboard or mouse input is accepted. At the end of /var/log/Xorg.0.log there is the line: (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: unknown error (null) I do not have /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Before the update of libxcb everything was working. Any hint is very appreciated. At an desktop pc with a similar software configuration I had no problems with hald after libxcb upgrade. Reproducible: Always
root@lynx:/root(9)# emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.1, glibc-2.10.1-r0, 2.6.31-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.31-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T8300_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p33 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.9-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1, 3.1.1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.3-r3 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 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 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/postgresql /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-march=nocona -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de fr" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links 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authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" DVB_CARDS="usb-wt220u" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics " KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de fr" NETBEANS_MODULES="ide websvccommon nb harness apisupport groovy gsf j2ee java xml" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv vesa" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
In such cases, you always start with revdep-rebuild. Though, it may also be something wrong with dbus policy.
I have the problem for about four days. In these four days I did several times revdep-rebuld, and two times 'emerge -vDe system'. It did not help.
If I start once more revdep-rebuild, it complains about: broken /usr/lib64/cpufreqd_nvclock.la (requires -lbackend) broken /usr/lib64/root/libASImage.so.5.22 (requires libjpeg.so.62) respectively: * Assigning files to packages * /usr/lib64/cpufreqd_nvclock.la -> sys-power/cpufreqd * /usr/lib64/root/libASImage.so.5.22 -> sci-physics/root 'emerge sci-physics/root' fails, 'emerge -vD cpufreqd' works without problems. But the next revdep-rebuild complains again about requiered -lbackend which I really don't have.
I removed the nvida USE flag, erased sci-physics/root, reemerged dbus, policykit, hal, halinfo and all other packages which wrote some files /usr/share/hal or /etc/hal. Revdep-rebuild does not complain about anything, but hald fails to start. And if I try to start X11 the console is locked, I can only login and reboot via ssh. 'ps -ef | grep hal' shows: ose@lynx:/home/rose(1)$ ps -ef | grep hal root 5558 1 0 19:07 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event9 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event2 root 5560 1 0 19:07 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch root 5569 1 0 19:07 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-leds root 5574 1 0 19:07 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-storage: no polling because /dev/sdb is locked via HAL root 5577 1 0 19:07 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-storage: no polling because /dev/hda is locked via HAL And I find in /var/log/syslog: Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx hald[5463]: 19:07:20.332 [I] hald_dbus.c:1334: volume.fsversion -> Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx hald[5463]: 19:07:20.374 [D] hald_dbus.c:3338: udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_3 Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx hald[5463]: 19:07:20.374 [E] device.c:1705: In hal_device_inc_num_ready_addons for udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_3 but all addons are already ready! Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx hald[5463]: 19:07:20.374 [I] hald_dbus.c:3364: AddonIsReady on udi '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_3' Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx hald-addon-cpufreq: [5586]: 19:07:20.391 [W] addon-cpufreq.c:1188: Cannot connect to hald Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch: [5560]: 19:07:20.488 [D] addon-rfkill-killswitch.c:168: This device (/org/freedesktop/DBus/Local) isn't yet handled by the addon. Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx hald-addon-leds: [5569]: 19:07:20.489 [D] addon-leds.c:147: This device (/org/freedesktop/DBus/Local) isn't yet handled by the addon. Sep 22 19:07:20 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[5442]: ERROR: hald failed to start What can I still do?
It is on a t61 and not t41.
After an almost complete 'emerge -vDe world', /etc/init.d/hald still fails to start. Perhaps it is an error with IBM-ACPI? Grepping for "error" in /var/log/syslog I get: ... root@lynx:/home_grizzly/rose/Txt/Travelling(157)# grep -i error /var/log/syslog | tail -n 30 Sep 28 22:53:28 lynx hald[20542]: 22:53:28.470 [E] acpi.c:762: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/fan: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/fan': No such file or directory Sep 28 22:53:28 lynx hald[20542]: 22:53:28.611 [E] hald_runner.c:671: Error running 'hald-addon-acpi': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Sep 28 22:53:28 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[16241]: ERROR: hald failed to start Sep 28 23:01:48 lynx smartd[3582]: Device: /dev/sda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 7 Seek_Error_Rate changed from 100 to 200 Sep 29 00:01:48 lynx smartd[3582]: Device: /dev/sda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 7 Seek_Error_Rate changed from 200 to 100 Sep 29 09:43:35 lynx hald[2854]: 09:43:35.508 [E] acpi.c:762: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/fan: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/fan': No such file or directory Sep 29 09:43:35 lynx hald[2854]: 09:43:35.544 [W] device.c:4990: Error removing device Sep 29 09:43:35 lynx hald[2854]: 09:43:35.574 [W] device.c:4990: Error removing device Sep 29 09:43:35 lynx hald[2854]: 09:43:35.576 [W] device.c:4990: Error removing device Sep 29 09:43:35 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[31443]: ERROR: hald failed to start Sep 29 09:47:48 lynx hald[18233]: 09:47:48.906 [E] acpi.c:762: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/fan: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/fan': No such file or directory Sep 29 09:47:48 lynx hald[18233]: 09:47:48.942 [W] device.c:4990: Error removing device Sep 29 09:47:48 lynx hald[18233]: 09:47:48.968 [W] device.c:4990: Error removing device Sep 29 09:47:49 lynx hald[18233]: 09:47:49.014 [W] device.c:4990: Error removing device Sep 29 09:47:49 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[18220]: ERROR: hald failed to start Sep 29 15:37:50 lynx hald[6358]: 15:37:50.373 [E] acpi.c:762: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/fan: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/fan': No such file or directory Sep 29 15:37:50 lynx hald[6358]: 15:37:50.574 [E] hald_runner.c:671: Error running 'hald-addon-acpi': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection was disconnected before a reply was received Sep 29 15:37:50 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[1298]: ERROR: hald failed to start Sep 29 15:41:20 lynx hald[11760]: 15:41:20.816 [E] acpi.c:762: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/fan: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/fan': No such file or directory Sep 29 15:41:21 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[11732]: ERROR: hald failed to start Sep 29 15:44:06 lynx cpufreqd: event_wait : Error polling ACPI Event handler (0x0011). Sep 29 15:44:19 lynx hald[16604]: 15:44:19.802 [E] acpi.c:762: Couldn't open /proc/acpi/fan: Error opening directory '/proc/acpi/fan': No such file or directory Sep 29 15:44:20 lynx /etc/init.d/hald[16591]: ERROR: hald failed to start At thinkpads there ist no /proc/acpi/fan but /proc/acpi/ibm/fan.
This bug seems to be a duplicate of bug 273111. At least reemerging glib and hal with CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" instead of CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" removed the problem with hald.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 273111 ***
