Interesting: # ps aux | grep hald [no output] # modprobe -r ide-floppy # lsmod | grep floppy floppy 56036 0 # /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal start # ps aux | grep hald hal 9122 0.0 0.3 5316 3868 ? Ss 22:48 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald root 9123 0.0 0.0 2728 968 ? S 22:48 0:00 hald-runner root 9130 0.0 0.0 1888 644 ? S 22:48 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-acpi root 9156 0.0 0.0 1892 628 ? S 22:48 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-storage root 9158 0.0 0.0 1892 628 ? S 22:48 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-storage # lshal [... now it works!] Dumped 122 device(s) from the Global Device List. ------------------------------------------------ # modprobe ide-floppy # lsmod | grep floppy ide_floppy 17376 0 floppy 56036 0 ide_core 115664 6 ide_floppy,ide_disk,ide_cd,hpt366,piix,generic # lshal [... it still works!] Dumped 123 device(s) from the Global Device List. ------------------------------------------------ #
It seems that loading the ide_floppy module AFTER starting hald doesn't cause the same problem. Mau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]