Why additional hal-addon processes continually builds up on the server?
Issue
- Multiple instances of hald-addon-keyboard found running on the system.
# /bin/ps -ef | grep hald-addon | grep -v grep
68 505 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
68 512 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event2
68 516 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event1
68 520 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event0
68 562 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
68 569 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event2
68 573 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event1
68 577 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event0
68 659 1 0 11:57 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
.....
- Excerpt from /var/log/messages, that when they come out seem to spawn the additional hal-addon processes:
Nov 9 11:57:03 xxxxx kernel: sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 9 11:57:03 xxxxx kernel: SCSI device sdf: 2112 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
Nov 9 11:57:03 xxxxx kernel: sdf: Write Protect is off
Nov 9 11:57:03 xxxxx kernel: sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 9 11:57:03 xxxxx kernel: sdf:
Nov 9 11:57:03 xxxxx kernel: sd 3594:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdf
Nov 9 11:57:03 xxxxx kernel: sd 3594:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0
Nov 9 11:57:06 xxxxx kernel: usb 2-3: USB disconnect, address 63
Nov 9 11:57:09 xxxxx kernel: usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 64
Nov 9 11:57:09 xxxxx kernel: usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Nov 9 11:57:09 xxxxx kernel: scsi3595 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: Vendor: iDRAC Model: SECUPD Rev: 0323
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: SCSI device sdf: 2112 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: sdf: Write Protect is off
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: SCSI device sdf: 2112 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: sdf: Write Protect is off
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: sdf:
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: sd 3595:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdf
Nov 9 11:57:14 xxxxx kernel: sd 3595:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0
Nov 9 11:57:17 xxxxx kernel: usb 2-3: USB disconnect, address 64
Nov 9 11:57:45 xxxxx Server Administrator: Storage Service EventID: 2095 SCSI sense data Sense key: 5 Sense code: 24 Sense qualifier: 0: Enclosure 0:0 Controller 0, Connector 0
Nov 9 11:57:51 xxxxx kernel: bnx2 0000:01:00.1: eth5: using MSIX
Nov 9 11:57:51 xxxxx kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth5: link is not ready
Nov 9 11:57:52 xxxxx kernel: bnx2 0000:01:00.1: eth5: using MSIX
Nov 9 11:57:52 xxxxx kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth5: link is not ready
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- hal
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