There's a reference to the issue in: http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/hal/2004-September/001042.html
comment: +++ ./hald/hald_conf.h 2004-09-22 23:06:42.000000000 +0100 + /** If true, then the behaviour of hald matches the use of + * autofs (automount - /etc/auto.hal) instead of a static + * fstab expectations. + * + * Basically it doesn't keep on generating mount notifications + * just because autofs automatically unmounts a volume, which + * would get _excruciatingly_ boring for users when the autofs + * timeout is set to oh, say, two seconds. + */ changelog: - added new config option "autofs_in_use" to hald.conf please think of a better name! Possibly also handled by: hal (0.5.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=low * debian/patches/16_dont_stat_autofs.patch: - Added. Don't stat autofs filesystems as that will remount. (Closes: #361785) (From upstream git) ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #361785 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361785 ** Also affects: hal (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361785 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: autofs (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- hal interferes with umount autofs using SIGUSR1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/63720 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs