On Thursday 20 January 2005 07:25 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Thursday 20 January 2005 12:07, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 20 Jan 2005 11:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > At least you're not alone. Some time ago there was a thread > > > about "the ghost in the machine". It turned out the culprit > > > was supermount. This devil have plagued us for years now. In > > > 10.1 is worse than ever, if I may have a say. To me it seems > > > that this ghost has a will of its own, randomly changing > > > /etc/fstab. For example my fstab changes in unpredictable ways > > > whenever I insert a floppy, an USB device like a mp3 player, a > > > scanner or a camera. More often than not I have to edit fstab > > > by hand in order to get things right again, but the ghost > > > returns after a short while. > > > > > > I guess this is the penalty we have to pay for using an > > > otherwise fine distro. > > > > It's funny how supermount drives some people mad, yet I've never > > had a problem, with any version of Mdk that I've used. I do > > admit, though, that I prefer automount for removable devices. > > Anne, I envy you. Could you please tell me how ? -- Eventually post > your fstab ? > > On my system it looks like supermount, devfs, autofs, usbfs and udev > are in a never ending dogfight. Depending on who's the top dog at > any given moment, my system reacts accordingly. In a henhouse at > least you know who's in charge... > > Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, I thought that I read somewhere that devfs and udev should not be running at the same time. One should place devfs=no or off (something of the sort) if it is showing as one of the services. Somebody jump in here if you know about this device conflict. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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