Networkmanager log shows usb disk??

skoco · May 28, 2010, 11:26am

I’m wondering why the NetworkManager log file would show an entry whenever an external usb drive is plugged in. It’s obviously HAL related but looking at the various files of hal, udev, syslog shows nothing relevant.

Here’s the entry just after the usual info about the network card:

May 28 08:35:16 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled…
May 28 08:35:16 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete.
May 28 08:35:16 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started…
May 28 08:35:17 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Clearing nscd hosts cache.
May 28 08:35:17 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Finish handler scheduled.
May 28 08:35:17 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.
May 28 08:35:17 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) successful, device activated.
May 28 08:36:05 doomed NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless network lists.
May 28 08:36:05 doomed NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dbus_get_networks_cb(): error received: org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks - org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks.
May 28 08:58:40 doomed NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 3 (renew) for interface eth0
May 28 09:14:26 doomed NetworkManager: <debug> [1275034466.104734] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_7e_DEF10BB15317’).
May 28 09:14:26 doomed NetworkManager: <debug> [1275034466.379242] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_7e_DEF10BB15317_if0’).
May 28 09:14:27 doomed NetworkManager: <debug> [1275034467.448170] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_7e_DEF10BB15317_if0_scsi_host’).
May 28 09:14:27 doomed NetworkManager: <debug> [1275034467.455100] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_7e_DEF10BB15317_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0’).
May 28 09:14:27 doomed NetworkManager: <debug> [1275034467.772233] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_7e_DEF10BB15317_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic’).
May 28 09:14:28 doomed NetworkManager: <debug> [1275034468.113544] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_ST325082_4A_DEF10BB15317_0_0’).
May 28 09:14:28 doomed NetworkManager: <debug> [1275034468.476567] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_0FAA_4AF7’).
May 28 09:27:49 doomed NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 3 (renew) for interface eth0

This is an opensuse 10.3 with final updates system.

Any search here about the log shows nothing but actual network problems.

DenverD · May 28, 2010, 1:01pm

skoco wrote:
> This is an opensuse 10.3 with final updates system.

hmmm…you know 10.3 is no longer supported, right?

by the way, where is that network manager log, my 10.3 doesn’t seem to
have one…

skoco · May 28, 2010, 6:13pm

[Quote/]
hmmm…you know 10.3 is no longer supported, right?[/Quote]

There may be no more updates, but it doesn’t stop one from being curious about some oddity in an otherwise reliable setup.

I missed the capital M, NetworkManager.log is right below /news and above SaX.log in /var/log

DenverD · May 28, 2010, 7:38pm

skoco wrote:
> / Wrote:
>> hmmm…you know 10.3 is no longer supported, right?
>
> There may be no more updates, but it doesn’t stop one from being
> curious about some oddity in an otherwise reliable setup.

someone else running 10.3 will have to answer, because (see below)

> I missed the capital M, NetworkManager.log is right below /news and
> above SaX.log in /var/log

ok, i don’t have one so i guess i’m not using network manager…

however, i can guess that HAL is misidentifying the USB drive as a
wireless networking card and handing it off to the networkmanager to
manage…when it can’t it throws errors…

last: if your 10.3 is otherwise reliable and you just have strange
stuff in that log when you plug in the USB drive, then my fix would
be to stop plugging in that drive…

solved!

skoco · May 29, 2010, 12:42am

Yes, the couple of lines in the log about “updating allowed wireless” and then the “WARN nm_dbus…no networks” hints at that I know, and there is only the 1 pci cabled LAN card. I had a look through the /hal and /fdi type stuff to no avail.

…then my fix would
be to stop plugging in that drive…solved!

Ahh yes, the old ones are the best

“doctor, it hurts when I move my arm like this”

“don’t move your arm like that”

hee hee

DenverD · May 29, 2010, 7:54am

skoco wrote:
> “don’t move your arm like that”

exactly!
so often works so easily and completely…
but many won’t consider it an option, why i do not know (well, it
might be an “age thing”…that is, i know when i was younger i was
more willing to tilt at windmills… <http://tinyurl.com/6nb7wr>