[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#550907: Bug#550907: dbus: fails to start at boot and doesn't works very well after it's, started manually

[Michael Biebl]

Fred wrote:
> Package: dbus
> Version: 1.2.16-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Since last update, dbus fails to start at boot (hal problem ?).

Last update of what package?

> At a boot :
> When X server and GDM started, I loose keyboard (ctrl+alt+Fx function 

> doesn't works, only "magic keys" are ok), mouse and network with 
> networkmanager doesn't work (I must use "/etc/network/interfaces method" 
> to have an active iface ok at boot).
> 
> After restart it, keyboard, mouse and networkmanager works perfectly, I 
> can logging my gnome session.


This sounds more like a Xorg problem.
Are you using the new dependency based boot system?
Does X come up before hal/dbus is ready?

> 
> On my session, the function "ajusting brightness" on the laptop is often 
> corrupted. The luminosity of the laptop's screen varies between 80% and 
> 100% in the form of regular blinking (I do _nothing_, just starting a 
> session). The second problem is dbus eats all of the CPU.
> 
> These problems can be partially resolved with restarting dbus. But, 
> Nautilus crashes, the brightness applet can't connect to dbus/hal and 
> suspend to ram doesn't work after.
> 
> If I launch a video from VLC (from example), the OSD for the brightness 
> applet  appears as I use the applet.
> 

dbus taking 100% cpu could also mean an application is shoving a lot of data
over dbus, could you check that with dbus-monitor?

All in all, it seems something in your system seems to be seriouly messed
up/misconfigured.

Michael

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