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keerthi

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Registered: 2007-11-18

Posts: 95

[SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

Upgraded preload from community (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2626) today. Arch boots but locksup just when desktop loads

Here is my daemon list in rc.conf:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal @netfs dhcdbd @networkmanager @preload @crond @alsa @cpufreq @hddtemp @fam !bluetooth laptop-mode)

Last edited by keerthi (2008-07-29 11:48:18)

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

I'm experiencing the same thing -- had to downgrade to preload 0.4.  I'm thinking it's this bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph … tid=755420.

Last edited by fwojciec (2008-07-27 15:18:47)

slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

confirmed. freezes my whole computer in fact, not just X.

weseven

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Registered: 2007-07-16

Posts: 34

Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

i have @preload right after syslog, and preload freezes the boot process.
arch64 here, no useful information on system logs.
had to boot with a live to disable preload, and all went fine.

matchil

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-11-06

Posts: 56

Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

Hi,
The same problem here. Arch freezes on login prompt or immediately after loging in. My question is: Is there a way to disable preload before booting process? Maybe from grub command line? Or just how to disable it from _out side_ the system?

Peace,
Dawid.

audaly

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From: France

Registered: 2004-12-13

Posts: 60

Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

Same problem.

matchil, just boot with the archlinux cd, mount your root partition and edit your rc.conf

Perry3D

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Registered: 2008-03-20

Posts: 553

Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

The author posted a set of patches: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph … tid=755420

Maybe this helps!

# Contributor: Jaroslaw Swierczynski <swiergot@aur.archlinux.org>
# Contributor: William Rea <sillywilly@gmail.com>

pkgname=preload
pkgver=0.6
pkgrel=1
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
pkgdesc="Makes applications run faster by prefetching binaries and shared objects"
url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/preload"
license=('GPL2')
makedepends=('help2man' 'pkgconfig')
depends=('glib2')
backup=('etc/preload.conf')
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/preload/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz \
        rc.preload
        0001-Ensure-forked-process-exits-on-readahead-error.patch
        0002-Proper-children-handling-and-tracking.patch
        0003-Fix-SIGCHLD-signal-handler.patch
        0004-Performance-fixes.patch
        0005-Added-more-debug-messages.patch
        0006-Fix-counting-of-processes.patch
        0007-Remove-debug-messages-and-cleanup-code.patch
        0008-Remove-g_atomic-since-routine-is-synced.patch
        0009-Remove-SIGCHLD-handler-in-favor-of-glib-timeout-hand.patch)

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0001-Ensure-forked-process-exits-on-readahead-error.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0002-Proper-children-handling-and-tracking.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0003-Fix-SIGCHLD-signal-handler.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0004-Performance-fixes.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0005-Added-more-debug-messages.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0006-Fix-counting-of-processes.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0007-Remove-debug-messages-and-cleanup-code.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0008-Remove-g_atomic-since-routine-is-synced.patch || return 1
  patch -Np1 -i $startdir/0009-Remove-SIGCHLD-handler-in-favor-of-glib-timeout-hand.patch || return 1
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
  
  install -D -m755 ../rc.preload $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d/preload
  rm -rf $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d/init.d
  rm -rf $startdir/pkg/var/preload

  mkdir $startdir/pkg/etc/conf.d
  mv $startdir/pkg/etc/sysconfig/* $startdir/pkg/etc/conf.d
  rm -rf $startdir/pkg/etc/sysconfig
}
md5sums=('2aac518aceea4dbd33d74f52b1a98fca'
         'a23b693a5b010579a2e20a6e4b6d2a95'
         '0365057b880276b878dea3d4e296c89a'
         '6ad21eaefe8c86298e039e2bb99513b8'
         '5bb47c625e219a78a6306abd4dbeed01'
         'cb4d7ca7a4aa96917b13f1d375c3be0a'
         '1d39fa7cc1606eb45e44aa77534fbe9b'
         '4a70f9a749b27b954e753605c89aa0ee'
         '3bcb3c4186023c4eabe5cdc16d4d948c'
         'f915bec21bf2eb9b3c55abbffc5b3cc1'
         '8507c4c7795df74921527e324788140e')

Last edited by Perry3D (2008-07-28 10:58:44)

finferflu

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2007-06-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

I had the same problem yesterday night, good thing I had seen at least this thread title.
Interestingly the preload package in community has now been downgraded to 0.4.

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oliwer

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Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

What shall we do to preload's maintainer ?

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keerthi

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Registered: 2007-11-18

Posts: 95

Re: [SOLVED] Upgraded preload 0.6-1, X freezes

The maintainer has reverted to last preload version in the repo. Marking this thread solved (temporarily )