Hi

it seems like my apcupsd deamon get stuck when hal is probing /dev/usb/hidinput0 (the ups).

when I kill hal apcupsd is okay, otherwise it get stuck can't kill it with -9

how can i tell hal to not watch for the ups ?

or is there some other work around for this ?

Alex

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On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 16:21:50 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> Hi
>
> it seems like my apcupsd deamon get stuck when hal is probing
> /dev/usb/hidinput0 (the ups).
>
> when I kill hal apcupsd is okay, otherwise it get stuck can't kill it
> with -9
>
> how can i tell hal to not watch for the ups ?
>
> or is there some other work around for this ?

I think the problem may be due to /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-hid-ups
interfering with apcupsd, therefore I would try to comment out this
section

<device>
<match key="hiddev.application_pages" contains="Power Device Page">
<append key="info.addons" type="strlist">hald-addon-hid-ups</append>
</match>
</device>

in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-power-mgmt-policy.fdi and
then restart hal.

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On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:02:07PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 16:21:50 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > it seems like my apcupsd deamon get stuck when hal is probing
> > /dev/usb/hidinput0 (the ups).
> >
> > when I kill hal apcupsd is okay, otherwise it get stuck can't kill it
> > with -9
> >
> > how can i tell hal to not watch for the ups ?
> >
> > or is there some other work around for this ?
>
> I think the problem may be due to /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-hid-ups
> interfering with apcupsd, therefore I would try to comment out this
> section
>
> <device>
> <match key="hiddev.application_pages" contains="Power Device Page">
> <append key="info.addons" type="strlist">hald-addon-hid-ups</append>
> </match>
> </device>
>
> in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-power-mgmt-policy.fdi and
> then restart hal.

Thanks for that, I presume <!-- --> is the right way to commend out.

But now I am getting these usbhid: control queue full, seems to be a problem from the 2.6.0 days



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On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 07:20:24 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:02:07PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 16:21:50 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > it seems like my apcupsd deamon get stuck when hal is probing
> > > /dev/usb/hidinput0 (the ups).
> > >
> > > when I kill hal apcupsd is okay, otherwise it get stuck can't kill it
> > > with -9
> > >
> > > how can i tell hal to not watch for the ups ?
> > >
> > > or is there some other work around for this ?
> >
> > I think the problem may be due to /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-hid-ups
> > interfering with apcupsd, therefore I would try to comment out this
> > section
> >
> > <device>
> > <match key="hiddev.application_pages" contains="Power Device Page">
> > <append key="info.addons" type="strlist">hald-addon-hid-ups</append>
> > </match>
> > </device>
> >
> > in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-power-mgmt-policy.fdi and
> > then restart hal.
>
> Thanks for that, I presume <!-- --> is the right way to commend out.

Yes, that should be it.

> But now I am getting these usbhid: control queue full, seems to be a
> problem from the 2.6.0 days

If removing the handler leads to the queue filling up then maybe you
could replace it like this:

<append key="info.addons" type="strlist">/bin/true</append>

(I have never tried this.)

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On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:27:35PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 07:20:24 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:02:07PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 16:21:50 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > Hi

[snip]

>
> If removing the handler leads to the queue filling up then maybe you
> could replace it like this:
>
> <append key="info.addons" type="strlist">/bin/true</append>
>
> (I have never tried this.)

Is there a way of overriding the file, by placing another file in
/etc/hal .... (instead of editing this file ?)

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On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 07:35:10 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:27:35PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 07:20:24 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:02:07PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 16:21:50 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > > Hi
>
> [snip]
>
> >
> > If removing the handler leads to the queue filling up then maybe you
> > could replace it like this:
> >
> > <append key="info.addons" type="strlist">/bin/true</append>
> >
> > (I have never tried this.)
>
> Is there a way of overriding the file, by placing another file in
> /etc/hal .... (instead of editing this file ?)

As far as I know, FDI files under /etc/hal/fdi are processed after the
files under /usr/share/hal/fdi/, so I think it should be possible to
remove the unwanted element from info.addons and then to add /bin/true
like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="hiddev.application_pages" contains="Power Device Page">
<remove key="info.addons" type="strlist">hald-addon-hid-ups</remove>
<append key="info.addons" type="strlist">/bin/true</append>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>

I would try to put this into a file called /etc/hal/fdi/policy/local.fdi
or something like that.

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On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:08:55PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 07:35:10 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:27:35PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 07:20:24 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:02:07PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 16:21:50 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > > > Hi
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > >
> > > If removing the handler leads to the queue filling up then maybe you
> > > could replace it like this:
> > >
> > > <append key="info.addons" type="strlist">/bin/true</append>
> > >
> > > (I have never tried this.)
> >
> > Is there a way of overriding the file, by placing another file in
> > /etc/hal .... (instead of editing this file ?)
>
> As far as I know, FDI files under /etc/hal/fdi are processed after the
> files under /usr/share/hal/fdi/, so I think it should be possible to
> remove the unwanted element from info.addons and then to add /bin/true
> like this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
> <device>
> <match key="hiddev.application_pages" contains="Power Device Page">
> <remove key="info.addons" type="strlist">hald-addon-hid-ups</remove>
> <append key="info.addons" type="strlist">/bin/true</append>
> </match>
> </device>
> </deviceinfo>

great I will give it a go

thanks

>
> I would try to put this into a file called /etc/hal/fdi/policy/local.fdi
> or something like that.
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