Description of problem: After recent updates on every 'mount' and 'umount' something like that shows up: PropertyModified, device=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_f8e4c33d-6f57-4a30-a51c-adcbddd3c5a0 key=volume.is_mounted, rem=0, add=0 value=1 key=volume.mount_point, rem=0, add=0 value=/mnt/spare Apparently on /dev/tty as even ' >/dev/null 2>&1' is not killing it. This is rather unkind to various utilities and cron jobs which do not expect anything of that sort and apparently do not have a resonable way to shut that up. Something changed in util-linux or this is the next nasty surprise from 'hal'? Unable to keep its debugging output to itself? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): util-linux-2.12a-16
David - is hal logging to console somewhere?
This appears to come from hal-device-manager. I'm not at all sure how the reporter put his system in a state to get this logged to the console. I guess it would be helpful to include the output of 'ps aux'. David
> I'm not at all sure how > the reporter put his system in a state to get this logged to the > console. He booted it. :-) But in the meantime he applied updates from 20041020 set, rebooted with a new kernel and extra messages for now vanished. If they will reappear I will remember to run 'ps aux'.