On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:05:08PM +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
> ======= On Saturday 03 May 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: =======
> > Even just after boot (before login) HDD led shows that somebody polls
> > hdd (or dvd) drive(s) every ~1-2 sec. Who is it? Where/what to
> > config?
>
> Sorry, in spite of multiple answers I still don't know how to disable
> the polling :-)

That's probably because you weren't asking how to disable
polling.

You could try "/etc/init.d/hald stop". This will tell you
whether it's hal that's polling. Also, like I said in my
previous post, look at dmesg and the log files under /var/log/.
It may tell you which process is "polling".

Is hdd a hard drive, dvd-rom drive, etc.? If it's a hard drive,
do you have media in the dvd drive when this "polling" occurs?
"lshal -m" while ejecting and inserting media is informative
of hals actions.

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