Victory over fam [Re: how to disable the famd deamon]

[Jeff Waugh]

On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 23:06 +0100, Andy wrote:
> Must say, famd has often caused me problems - and not just with Ubuntu. 
> I sometimes find I can't unmount a samba share or eject a CD, and the 
> cause is usually famd. Killing and restarting it usually solves the problem.
> 
> Any ideas how such problems can be reduced/eliminated?

fam uses a kernel feature called dnotify, which is what causes this
problem. There is a new replacement, called inotify, which we will have
in HoaryHedgehog, along with a new fam replacement called gamin.

- Jeff

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