On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 09:16:26 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > I know that the desktop monitors for new devices because when I insert > a dvd a window pops up asking me what I want to do. For cd/dvd > burning I'm advised to turn off other things that access the device > (though I also gather the problems k3b is having verifying probably > lie elsewhere). > > More immediately, I'm having trouble faxing and one possibility is > that something is interefering with /dev/ttyS0. > > Does anyone know what exactly might be doing such things, and how I > can disable it? I've seen some suggestion that hal is the culprit, > but nothing definite.
lsof -w | grep /dev/ttyS0 might tell you which process is blocking the device. > The system with the fax trouble is Debian testing, KDE 3.5, 2.4 kernel > (i.e, not udev). The one with the dvd is running 2.6.15 kernel with > udev. -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]