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

[Justin Conover]

How can we move to gamin now and remove fam, you told me in irc, but I
didn't right it down :oops:


On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:19:57 +1000, Jeff Waugh <jeff.waugh at canonical.com> wrote:
> 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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