Comment 6 for bug 154549

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a.sweets (a-sweets) wrote :

What is the meaning of the following error I'm seeing over and over and over again? (Muszek, I followed your lead and checked my /var/log/syslog as well)

Oct 26 08:17:01 dell NetworkManager: <info> Error getting killswitch power: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch.NotSupported - Access type not supported
Oct 26 08:17:37 dell last message repeated 6 times
Oct 26 08:18:37 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:19:37 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:20:37 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:21:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:22:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:23:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:24:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:25:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:26:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:27:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:28:38 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:29:39 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:30:39 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:31:33 dell last message repeated 9 times
Oct 26 08:32:33 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:33:33 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:34:33 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:35:33 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:36:33 dell last message repeated 10 times
Oct 26 08:37:15 dell last message repeated 7 times

It seems a little strange, is that normal or significant in any way?
That's what I see in my log right before/during a hang for the network manager.