Today's packages updates for Dapper included a new smbfs package. I updated all packages on my Athlon64 to the latest, and put back the auto smbfs mount.
When I booted, it did not hang in hald! However, the GNOME desktop took over 45 seconds (I timed it) to start. Once the desktop was up, I tried to look at the smbfs directory in Nautilus, which took a long time and then gave up. When I changed the auto mount back to noauto and rebooted, the system came right up and the desktop came right up. When I then mounted the smbfs mount manually, there was no delay and Nautilus had no trouble with it. So, the new smbfs fixes the hald hang but still doesn't quite do the right thing for an auto smbfs mount at boot time. -- auto smbfs mount in /etc/fstab causes hald hang at boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/44874 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
