[BUG] : hdd led blinks constantly

[neologix at free.fr]

Don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying hal is buggy: in fact, I find that automounting of devices via
hal/dbus/pmount works better than under windows. I'm just saying that, since
I'm not experiencing this under Windows, there're chance that this issue can be
fixed at hal's level. I'm saying "issue", because I think that it's not normal
that my hdd led blinks constantly. Or even if it's "normal", it's at least a
nuisance.

cheers,



Selon Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd at luon.net>:

> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18:17AM +0100, neologix at free.fr wrote:
> > Hi.
> > Well, the fact is that Redmond's OS, for example, doesn't do that.
> > So it must be a hal issue, not an hardware one.
>
> Uhm, no. There a things Windows typically does and things that hal/linux
> typically do. The fact that hal/linux does something different doesn't mean
> it's buggy or an issue. It just means that your hardware might behave
> different
> then what your used to on Windows.
>
> Now one thing that hal does and Windows doesn't is that it checks if your
> cdrom
> eject button was pressed. Which might cause the blink on your system.
>
> My TODO includes making a small program which does the checking the same way
> as
> hal so i can check this theory.  If someone wants to beat me to it, please
> do,
> i'm rather short on time these days :)
>
>   Sjoerd
> --
> One monk said to the other, "The fish has flopped out of the net! How will it
> live?" The other said, "When you have gotten out of the net, I'll tell you."
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