Subject: acpid and hald conflict Package: acpid Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line ***
apt-get install acpid on up-to-date sid fails : Starting Advanced Configuration and Power Interface daemon: acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "start" failed. lsof says the curript is hald : lsof /proc/acpi/event COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME hald-addo 4018 hal 4r REG 0,3 0 4026532096 /proc/acpi/event No idea if it is a bug or if it has no chance to work. If hald and acipd can not work together, it should be IMHO mentioned in conflicts field of these pacakges. Xaiver -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.7-4 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

