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hal package

  1. Bug #358390
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 358390

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Harald (haraldboehmecke) wrote :

I am having a similar problem. I am able to disable it, but when I try to re-enable it, it won't find /dev/cdrom:

oot@bdi12718:/etc/hal/fdi/information# hal-disable-polling --device /dev/cdromFollowing symlink from /dev/cdrom to /dev/sr0.
Polling for drive /dev/cdrom have been disabled. The fdi file written was
  /etc/hal/fdi/information/media-check-disable-storage_model_DVD_RAM_UJ_852.fdi
root@bdi12718:/etc/hal/fdi/information# hal-disable-polling --device /dev/cdrom --enable-polling
Following symlink from /dev/cdrom to /dev/sr0.
Cannot find storage device /dev/cdrom.
root@bdi12718:/etc/hal/fdi/information#

I am on JJ 9.04.

Worth opening a new bug report?