Re: Re: hotplug problem

[John and Holly Klug <klug@ieee.org>]

> John and Holly Klug wrote:
>
> > Package: hotplug
> > Version: 0.0.20040329-22
> > Kernel: 2.6.8-2-386
> > Every time I connect my SanDisk 12 in 1 USB flash reader or disconnect
> > it, I get many stuck hotplug processes that I must kill.
> >
> > About 30 processes get stuck on each connect and disconnect.
> >
> > I use the flash memory on a KVM switch, and it is very annoying.  Also,
> > the hotplug autodetect doesn't work for the flash memory, but I can
> > manually mount it.
>
> > root     14510 14494  0 02:17 ?        00:00:00
> > /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi
>
> Does removing the "hal" package help? I found that hotplug+hal is a very
> unsafe combination in Debian stable.

You are right.  It is hal+hotplug.  I had to remove the package "gnome" which
includes gnome desktop. I don't see a bug report for this in hal or hotplug.