Bug#614774: hald-addon-storage causes random lockups by polling optical drive

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Gergely Kiss wrote:

> The polling mechanism used by hald-addon-storage sometimes makes the system
> unresponsive.
[...]
> - the system responds to ICMP echo requests and TCP-connections
>   can be made successfuly - the TCP/IP stack seems to be working
> - running processes don't get any CPU time
> - the crash dump generated by the kernel is never logged, it can only be
>   seen on screen
> - typing or switching between VTs isn't working. The only thing that can be
>   done when the issue happens is rebooting the machine by using SysR
>   commands or
>   by pressing the reboot button

Please attach output from "reportbug --template linux-image-$(uname -r)", so
we can get to know your hardware.

It would also be useful to get a complete log of what creates this state.
If you can get a full kernel log (e.g., by using a serial console or
netconsole), that would be helpful.

Thanks and sorry for the slow response,
Jonathan