Description of problem: I have a Gateway MT6916 laptop. It was working fine until I accidentally let the battery run down. After plugging it back in, it came back out of hibernation but was acting a bit flaky (sorry I don't remember the details), so I decided to do a cold reboot. On boot, I got: Starting HAL daemon: {pause for about 250 seconds} [FAILED] As a result, NetworkManager couldn't find my wireless network, sound didn't work, etc. I tried changing SELinux to permissive mode and other suggestions I found online, but nothing worked. Eventually I checked my manual to see what the the red light on the front of the machine meant and learned that my battery was "malfunctioning". I powered-off the machine, removed the battery, reinserted it, and it booted with no problem. Conclusion: HAL does not handle a malfunctioning battery gracefully. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): hal-0.5.10-1.fc8 How reproducible: Every time while the battery was malfunctioning. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot an MT6916 laptop with a malfunctioning battery. Actual results: Starting HAL daemon: {pause for about 250 seconds} [FAILED] Network and sound don't work. Expected results: Starting HAL daemon: [OK] Network and sound work. Additional info: At one point, I removed HAL from the startup sequence, and tried running: hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes I'll attach the output in case that helps. There are a bunch of periodic battery and AC adapter events at the end.
Created attachment 290318 [details] Output from hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes
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