Comment 82 for bug 539515

It works for me, thank you Martin.

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Martin Pitt <email address hidden> wrote:

> If you do not have a BIOS option for this, you can try this:
>
> echo "blacklist floppy" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy.conf
> sudo update-initramfs -u
>
> does that help after a reboot?
>
> It'd still help if someone who is affected could provide me access to
> the box, via ssh or empathy remote desktop (<email address hidden>).
>
> --
> Attempts to mount floppy despite no media present - disable automount
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539515
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> Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in “gvfs” source package in Lucid: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> This causes long desktop session startup delays when the kernel detects a
> floppy drive which is not actually physically present, just enabled in the
> BIOS.
>
> WORKAROUND: Disable floppy in BIOS
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Mar 16 12:08:10 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> ExecutablePath: /bin/mount
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> OmitPids: 2368 2401 2402
> Package: mount 2.17-0ubuntu3
> ProcCmdline: mount /media/floppy0
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=de_DE.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
> SourcePackage: util-linux
> Title: does not terminate at computer shutdown
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
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