Hi! On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> Are you sure it's hal that's doing this? $ sudo apt-get install hal ... Setting up hal (0.4.8-2) ... ... Starting system message bus: dbus-1. Starting Hardware abstraction layer: hald. and all drives open. I close manually, they keep opening again. $ sudo killall hald I close drives again and they keep being closed. $ sudo /usr/sbin/hald And drives open their disk bays instantly. So I am pretty sure that hald has atleast something to do with this. > It polls the cdrom's status on a > regular basis, but they shouldn't open when doing this. Also hal doesn't > access > the floppy drive, so it's kinda weird that it would cause floppydrive ticks.. > > Are you sure you don't have magicdev installed, which does actually poll the > floppy drive iirc ? $ dpkg -L magicdev Package `magicdev' is not installed. And here is all tasks that are running on system (ps faxu output): USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 1584 516 ? S 14:03 0:00 init [2] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 14:03 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 [events/0] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 [khelper] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 [kthread] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 \_ [kacpid] root 43 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 \_ [kblockd/0] root 111 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 \_ [pdflush] root 112 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 \_ [pdflush] root 114 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 \_ [aio/0] root 115 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 \_ [xfslogd/0] root 116 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:03 0:00 \_ [xfsdatad/0] root 3207 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 14:04 0:00 \_ [rpciod/0] root 46 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 [khubd] root 113 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 [kswapd0] root 117 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 [xfsbufd] root 704 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 [kseriod] root 748 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 [xfssyncd] root 768 0.0 0.0 1576 428 ? S<s 14:03 0:00 udevd root 2089 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 [kjournald] root 2090 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:03 0:00 [xfssyncd] root 3169 0.0 0.1 2180 1024 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 dhclient3 -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.leases eth0 daemon 3201 0.0 0.0 1688 464 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /sbin/portmap root 3208 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 14:04 0:00 [lockd] root 3464 0.0 0.0 1628 592 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /sbin/syslogd root 3467 0.0 0.2 2628 1552 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /sbin/klogd bind 3475 0.0 0.3 29812 3076 ? Ssl 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/named -u bind amavis 3522 0.0 4.8 40264 37784 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 amavisd (master) amavis 7453 0.2 5.2 43048 40912 ? S 15:47 0:05 \_ amavisd (child) amavis 7863 0.0 4.8 40264 37784 ? S 16:21 0:00 \_ amavisd (virgin child) clamav 3534 0.0 1.1 12904 8848 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/clamd root 3562 0.0 0.1 2640 872 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/bin/dirmngr --daemon --sh root 3571 0.0 0.1 2548 1056 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/lisa nobody 3578 0.0 0.0 1788 668 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/oidentd -mf -P 84.248.0.1 -u nobody -g nogroup root 3583 0.0 0.1 2912 1156 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd ntpd 3584 0.0 0.1 2824 1104 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ntpd root 3590 0.0 0.1 3580 1500 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd root 3698 0.0 0.1 2884 1532 ? S 14:04 0:00 /bin/bash /etc/rc2.d/S20xprint start root 3699 0.0 0.1 2884 1532 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ /bin/bash /etc/rc2.d/S20xprint start root 3700 0.0 1.0 16756 8112 ? S 14:04 0:01 | \_ /usr/X11R6/bin/Xprt -ac -pn -nolisten tcp -audit 4 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts :64 root 3702 0.0 0.1 2884 1536 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ /bin/bash /etc/rc2.d/S20xprint start root 3710 0.0 0.1 1836 804 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /sbin/rpc.statd root 3903 0.0 0.2 4364 1560 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/lib/postfix/master postfix 3906 0.0 0.2 4404 1616 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ qmgr -l -t fifo -u -c postfix 4288 0.0 0.2 4772 1984 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ tlsmgr -l -t unix -u -c postfix 7416 0.0 0.1 4376 1500 ? S 15:41 0:00 \_ pickup -l -t fifo -u -c root 3913 0.0 0.6 7004 5380 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xfs -daemon daemon 3919 0.0 0.0 1764 628 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 3928 0.0 0.1 1824 820 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 3938 0.0 0.2 9356 2320 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 /usr/bin/gdm root 3939 0.0 0.3 9948 2880 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/gdm root 4065 3.0 5.2 42672 40904 ? R 14:04 4:24 \_ /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 petri 4200 0.0 0.0 1644 456 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /etc/X11/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc petri 4254 0.0 0.1 3152 996 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/ssh-agent startxfce4 petri 4260 0.0 0.2 4852 1988 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ xscreensaver -no-splash petri 4269 0.0 0.5 10280 3984 ? S 14:04 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/xfce4-session root 4107 0.0 0.0 1580 480 tty1 Ss+ 14:04 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1 root 4108 0.0 0.0 1584 484 tty2 Ss+ 14:04 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 root 4109 0.0 0.0 1580 484 tty3 Ss+ 14:04 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3 petri 4266 0.0 0.0 2588 684 ? S 14:04 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session petri 4267 0.0 0.0 2064 740 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 dbus-daemon-1 --fork --print-pid 8 --print-address 6 --session petri 4272 0.0 0.8 14120 6520 ? Ss 14:04 0:00 xfce-mcs-manager petri 4276 0.0 0.8 11408 6236 ? S 14:04 0:02 xfwm4 petri 4278 0.0 1.1 14508 8996 ? S 14:04 0:02 xfce4-panel petri 4280 0.0 0.7 11008 6124 ? S 14:04 0:01 xftaskbar4 petri 4282 0.1 1.0 14676 8176 ? S 14:04 0:10 xfdesktop petri 6294 2.7 5.5 121400 43040 ? Sl 14:23 3:21 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox petri 6327 0.0 0.3 4280 2496 ? S 14:23 0:00 /usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 9 petri 7131 0.0 0.0 1648 448 ? S 15:00 0:00 /bin/sh /home/petri/bin/pinei petri 7133 0.0 0.5 6740 4288 ? S 15:00 0:00 \_ xterm -fa Monospace Regular;antialias=true -fs 13 -T Pine -e pine -i petri 7134 0.0 0.6 9832 5096 pts/1 Ss+ 15:00 0:01 \_ pine -i petri 7210 0.0 0.1 2436 1056 ? S 15:13 0:00 /usr/lib/gamin/gam_server petri 7672 0.0 0.4 6680 3840 ? S 16:21 0:00 xterm petri 7673 0.0 0.2 3168 1744 pts/0 Ss 16:21 0:00 \_ bash petri 7974 0.0 0.1 2848 908 pts/0 R+ 16:27 0:00 \_ ps faxu 109 7790 0.0 0.1 2168 996 ? Ss 16:21 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon-1 --system root 7905 0.2 0.3 3928 2456 ? Ss 16:24 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald And I am running latest vanilla kernel from kernel.org fetch via cogito/git, but does it really matter here? $ uname -a Linux dsl-hkigw8g28.dial.inet.fi 2.6.12-git #1 Sun Jun 19 17:37:01 EEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
