Re: Who is starting this process?

2009-10-26 Thread C M Reinehr
On Sun 25 October 2009 02:09:55 pm Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: By any chance, did you install a package called desktop-base during your last upgrade? I'm not certain that this is the correct package name, but I recall installing a package that caused kdm to ignore the kdmrc file and read,

USB not assigning device name to plugable drives?

2009-10-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
I just noticed after a very recent Sid upgrade that any flash drive plugged in gets no drive label attached to it. Something's obviously changed, but I can't track it down. Google doesn't help, at least with the keywords I used. The typical dmesg I get is as follows: - [203436.541034] usb

Re: Who is starting this process?

2009-10-26 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
I agree this is curious and, like you, I would want to learn the cause. Since you've already tried `ps` without success, my next and last idea probably won't help either, but have you taken a look at /etc/inittab and the getty lines? Cheers! cmr Yes, of course I looked at this. It