Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:55:56 +0800 From: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, kde@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>, Robert Marella <rmarella@gmail.com>, Beni <beni@brinckman.info> Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] problem hal - k3b ? Message-ID: <46281DAC.7090508@micom.mng.net> In-Reply-To: <200704200105.22646.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <200704182205.52028.beni@brinckman.info> <200704191812.50545.lofi@freebsd.org> <200704192000.15405.groot@kde.org> <200704200105.22646.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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Michael Nottebrock wrote: > I forwarded my mail to gnome@ (the HAL maintainers) after sending it and Joe > Marcus Clarke from gnome@ had this to say on the issue: > > --- snip > > This should have been fixed a while ago by jylefort when he set the > default device for ATAPI access to be the ATAPICAM device (as opposed to > the ATA device). Assuming you have not undone that change, and are > running the latest version of HAL, these panics should not be occurring. > > Even still, you're right that these are not HAL bugs, but rather an > issue in the kernel. I use nautilus-cd-burner to burn CDs in GNOME, and > I have never had such a panic on 6-STABLE. n-c-b uses cdrecord, cdrao, > and dvd-utils under the covers to do the actual device work. Not sure > what k3b is using, but maybe it diddles something it shouldn't. > > Joe > > --- snip > > Beni, Robert, Ganbold, are you all in fact running the latest version of the > hal port and do you all have atapicam enabled in your kernel? If not, making > sure of both might help avoiding the problem. > I see. I know I have updated my system last Saturday (14th April 2007) and I think I updated both hal and kdelibs ports. I have atapicam enabled in kernel. Let me double check it this weekend and I will let you know. thanks, Ganbold > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: Fwd: Re: [kde-freebsd] problem hal - k3b ? > From: > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> > Date: > Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:49:26 -0400 > To: > Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> > > To: > Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> > CC: > gnome@freebsd.org > > > Michael Nottebrock wrote: > >> I forgot to cc gnome@ on my reply. I don't think this is a HAL bug, but just >> FYI. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Subject: >> Re: [kde-freebsd] problem hal - k3b ? >> From: >> Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> >> Date: >> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:12:46 +0200 >> To: >> kde@freebsd.org >> >> To: >> kde@freebsd.org >> CC: >> Beni <beni@brinckman.info>, h.eichmann@gmx.de, current@freebsd.org, >> stable@freebsd.org >> >> >> On Wednesday, 18. April 2007, Beni wrote: >> >>> Hi List, >>> >>> I think I have a problem with hal(d) and k3b (version 1.0 from ports) : my >>> whole system freezes when starting up k3b. I get the splash screen and then >>> it all stops and a ctrl-alt-del is the only way out. >>> >> Other people have reported kernel panics. It looks to me like k3b's device >> probing and hald's device probing at the same time manages to tickle a bug in >> ata(4). >> >> Ref: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-April/070753.html >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-April/034486.html >> >> I'm afraid a true kernel hacker will have to inconvenince themselves with >> running k3b and hal in order to have this one fixed. FWIW, I haven't seen in >> happening on 5.5. >> > > This should have been fixed a while ago by jylefort when he set the > default device for ATAPI access to be the ATAPICAM device (as opposed to > the ATA device). Assuming you have not undone that change, and are > running the latest version of HAL, these panics should not be occurring. > > Even still, you're right that these are not HAL bugs, but rather an > issue in the kernel. I use nautilus-cd-burner to burn CDs in GNOME, and > I have never had such a panic on 6-STABLE. n-c-b uses cdrecord, cdrao, > and dvd-utils under the covers to do the actual device work. Not sure > what k3b is using, but maybe it diddles something it shouldn't. > > Joe > >
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