--- Christopher Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > On October 5, 2005 08:19, Josh Metzler wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 October 2005 03:11 am, Anders > Bergström wrote: > > > Package: kdelibs4c2 > > > Version: 4:3.4.2-4 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > My harddrive constantly flashes after starting > KDE. I suspect KDirWatch > > > is polling. This does not happen with my > self-compiled 3.5 beta. I've > > > tried both gamin and libfam but it has not > helped. > > > > I want to confirm that I also have noticed my > harddrive activity light > > constantly flashing since upgrading to kde 3.4. > It did not do so with > > kde 3.3.2. > > I can't confirm this on my system, oddly enough. In > theory, KDE should use > famd/gamin if installed, and if not dnotify, and if > that isn't available > polling. What does removing both the gamin and fam > (not libfam) packages, > then restarting, accomplish? I don't suppose trying > the latest 2.6.12 > kernel would make a difference? Also worth trying > would be stopping the > KDED Media Manager, in the Control Centre's Service > Manager (though it is > for removable media...). > > Cheers, > Christopher Martin >
The flashing of the harddrive went away when I disabled the mediamanager. So that seems to be the problem. When I only have libfam0 installed my selfcompiled 3.5 says its polling and with fam installed it uses fam. What happens in the 3.4.2 installation I don't know since there is no debug output. Anders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]