Bug#272140: request to remove kmilo from the list of kde dependencies
Package: kmilo
Version: 4:3.2.2-2
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
DETAILS OF ERROR
kmilo is for certain types of Sony laptops whereas on others it causes the system to malfunction.
Sony PCG-GRT100: kmilo queries the status of the battery upon kde startup which causes the network
interface/card to lock up. As a result, subsequent attempts to use network (eth0) cause NETDEV WATCHDOG
mesages in the log:
Sep 14 11:47:22 mobile kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Sep 14 11:47:22 mobile kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000000 00000260
The network appears to be locked, and can be made to work only upon reboot.
ping to the laptop from outside also ceases to work (comments [] are mine):
outside% ping mobile
[ the system is being booted but network card is not yet recognized ]
PING mobile (10.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote mobile 64 chars, ret=-1
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote mobile 64 chars, ret=-1
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote mobile 64 chars, ret=-1
[ ok, network card is recognized, and eth0 interface is up ]
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
[ at this moment kde is started, and kmilo flashed the battery status on the screen ]
[ the network is locked. ping does not do any output ]
[ Ctrl-C ]
--- mobile ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 50% packet loss
FINDINGS
kmilo is listed as one of the packages kde depends on. Removing kmilo causes deinstallation of major part of kde.
Manual removal of the kmilo files causes no apparent disfunctionallity of the rest of kde.
Including acpi=off (pci=noacpi or similar) as kernel parameters causes no effect.
TO RESOLVE
remove kmilo from list of packages kde depends on, so that kmilo could be installed/deinstalled independently
without causing problems with other kde dependencies.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.20-emp_2420p6a0328sis
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages kmilo depends on:
ii kdelibs4 4:3.2.3-2 KDE core libraries
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-4sarge1 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-7 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.2.3-4 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-6sarge1.2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System event recording an
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-7 compression library - runtime
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