Bug#239414: /etc/init.d/discover not removed when package is removed

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 06:26:37PM +0100, Thomas Poindessous wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 05:26:04PM +0100, Martin Leopold wrote:
> > Package: discover
> > Version: 1.5-1.1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Trying to get rid of discover (it messed up my alsa driver) I learned 
> > that removing discover doesn't stop it from running - this can't be 
> > right. While I can se the sense in not removing configuation files it 
> > doen't make sense to leave the program running after I've removed it.
> 
> discover is run only one time in a normal boot operation. It detects
> what modules you need and loads them. If you remove discover, you will
> remove the program. But if you don't reboot, modules loaded by discover
> aren't unloaded, and that's normal.
> 
> So if discover was loading oss module instead of your alsa modules, once
> you remove it, please reboot.

Another solution would be to add those modules in /etc/discover.conf as
a skip option. I did so with the OSS via sound drivers, and it works
fine now, even with discover loaded.

Friendly,

Sven Luther