Bug 13849 - Hal daemon randomly stops audio CDs
Summary: Hal daemon randomly stops audio CDs
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: hal
Classification: Unclassified
Component: hald (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high normal
Assignee: David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail)
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 13850 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2007-12-29 02:53 UTC by Alex Tanner
Modified: 2011-08-26 04:27 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
i915 platform:
i915 features:

Attachments

Description Alex Tanner 2007-12-29 02:53:39 UTC 
The problem application is /usr/lib/hal-runner: it somehow tells my CD drive to stop playing audio at random intervals (making listening to music impossible). I confirmed the problem application by: 1) symlinking "hald-runner" to an unusual app so "hald" could run alone, 2) killing "dbus-daemon", 3) killing "hald-addon-..." programs

I am using: -
SuSE Linux 10.1 32-bit, KDE 3.5.1, hal 0.5.8_git20061106, udev 085 and Kernel 2.6.16.13
Comment 1 Alex Tanner 2007-12-29 05:13:11 UTC 
*** Bug 13850 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Alex Tanner 2007-12-29 06:18:01 UTC 
My optical device is a "Matshita UJDA760 Combo DVD/CDRW" drive, if that helps. I notice the bug only occurs when KDE interacts with HAL and creates an "Audio CD" icon on the desktop. When the icon is present AND "hald-runner" is loaded, CD audio playback fails after an unspecified period of time.

If the "Audio CD" icon fails to appear for whatever reason (sometimes KDE goes wrong) then the bug cannot be reproduced.
Comment 3 Alex Tanner 2008-01-03 02:15:39 UTC 
I think there may be a conflict between my version of KDE and the Hal daemon. If anyone could test this bug with a newer KDE but install the version of Hal that I am using, that would show whether the issue is a KDE bug or a Hal bug. Thanks.
Comment 4 Alex Tanner 2008-08-25 10:00:47 UTC 
Replacement optical drive resolved this issue. Suspect faulty optical drive and not HAL to blame?
FYI, Matshita UJDA760 Combo DVD/CDRW is integrated in some Acer Aspire 1360 series laptops, in case anyone wants to verify this bug.
Comment 5 Danny Kukawka 2011-08-26 04:27:40 UTC 
HAL is in maintenance mode - no new features are added. All future development focuses on udisks, upower and other parts of the stack. See Software/DeviceKit for more information.

Use of freedesktop.org services, including Bugzilla, is subject to our Code of Conduct. How we collect and use information is described in our Privacy Policy.