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g15daemon package

g15daemon does not start at startup

Bug #519850 reported by James Tatum
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g15daemon (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
g15daemon (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Nominated for Lucid by Alvaro Aleman

Bug Description

Binary package hint: g15daemon

Since upgrading to Lucid, g15daemon has not worked at startup. At boot time, the screen flashes the clock briefly and then vanishes. sudo /etc/init.d/g15daemon start works after bootup. From user.log:

Feb 10 03:18:10 jtatum-desktop g15daemon: Unable to attach to the G15 Keyboard... exiting
Feb 10 03:18:15 jtatum-desktop g15daemon: Unable to attach to the G15 Keyboard... exiting
Feb 10 03:18:16 jtatum-desktop g15daemon: Process died - removing pidfile
Feb 10 03:19:00 jtatum-desktop g15daemon: last message repeated 2 times

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 09:12:20 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: g15daemon 1.9.5.3-8
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
SourcePackage: g15daemon
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686

FIX:
Replace all instances of "SYSFS" in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-g15daemon.rules with "ATTR".

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James Tatum (jtatum) wrote :
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Alvaro Aleman (alvaroaleman) wrote :

Same over here. On my computer, g15daemon start on boot, but then crashes, Starting it manually with "/etc/init.d/g15daemon start" works perfectly

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Hew (hew) wrote :

This is displayed when booting and in daemon.log:

udevd[463]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-g15daemon.rules:7
udevd[463]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-g15daemon.rules:10
udevd[463]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-g15daemon.rules:13
udevd[463]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-g15daemon.rules:16
udevd[463]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-g15daemon.rules:19

Following the instructions I replaced all instances of SYSFS in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-g15daemon.rules with ATTR, and the LCD is functional again.

Changed in g15daemon (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
description: updated
James Tatum (jtatum)
Changed in g15daemon (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → James Tatum (jtatum)
status: Triaged → In Progress
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James Tatum (jtatum) wrote :
Changed in g15daemon (Ubuntu):
assignee: James Tatum (jtatum) → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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James Tatum (jtatum) wrote :

Added universe sponsorship queue so patch can get uploaded. Patch also submitted in Debian bug 573434.

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Ancoron Luziferis (ancoron) wrote :

Just applied the patch to my Lucid Alpha 3 AMD64 system with latest updates applied.

I can confirm the fix and highly support the release nomination.

It comes up properly now, now crashes, no warnings.

Previously I also had some /dev/...input warning when starting the daemon manually. Those are gone too with the patch.

Ilya Barygin (randomaction)
Changed in g15daemon (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ilya Barygin (randomaction)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Ilya Barygin (randomaction) wrote :

Thank you! Uploaded. I changed Maintainer field to "Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>" according to our current specification: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianMaintainerField .

Changed in g15daemon (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ilya Barygin (randomaction) → nobody
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package g15daemon - 1.9.5.3-8ubuntu1

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g15daemon (1.9.5.3-8ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Stop using deprecated SYSFS entries in udev rules (LP: #519850)
 -- James Tatum <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:37 -0500

Changed in g15daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Alvaro Aleman (alvaroaleman) wrote :

Hm, Now the deamon doesn't start at startup and I also can't start it manually, there's only the "Logitech" sign on the screen..

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Hew (hew) wrote :

Alvaro, please open a new bug for your issue, this one has been fixed.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in g15daemon (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in g15daemon (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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