I've installed FC3, and use KDE. I have a SD USB card reader that I plug in and out of my machine, have done it maybe 3-4 times over last few days. I noticed two problems - initially the USB storage would show up under /dev/sda1, but now it shows up under /dev/sbd1. It also does not get automatically mounted, but I think that is probably because the KDE system is not well configured under Fedora, but I can live with that, manually mounting isn't that hard.
What does seem odd to me is that I just looked at the number of processes with the word "hotplug" in them - and I find that are 104 such things! This can't be normal - is there some configuration on my system that is wrong ? The entire ps output | grep hotplug is at the bottom.
uname: 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 #1 Thu Jan 13 16:38:22 EST 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux ps -efww | grep [h]otplug: root 15274 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug module root 15275 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug module root 15276 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 15279 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 15280 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 15281 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 15282 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 15283 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 15295 15274 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug module root 15298 15275 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug module root 15302 15276 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 15310 15280 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 15312 15279 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 15316 15281 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 15319 15282 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 15322 15283 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 15335 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug module root 15338 4 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug module root 15341 15338 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug module root 15344 15335 0 Jan25 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug module root 11730 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11731 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11734 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_host root 11742 11730 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11744 11734 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_host root 11747 11731 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11749 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi root 11751 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11753 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11755 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_device root 11758 11749 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi root 11761 11753 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11763 11751 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11767 11755 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_device root 11861 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_device root 11864 11861 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_device root 11866 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11869 11866 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11873 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11876 11873 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11880 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi root 11883 11880 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi root 11885 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_host root 11888 11885 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_host root 11890 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11893 11890 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11895 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11898 11895 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11900 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11902 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11906 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_host root 11911 11900 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11913 11902 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11916 11906 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_host root 11919 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi root 11921 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11923 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11925 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_device root 11928 11919 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi root 11931 11923 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11933 11921 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11935 11925 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_device root 11938 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_device root 11942 11938 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_device root 11943 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11946 11943 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11947 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11950 11947 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 11951 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi root 11954 11951 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi root 11956 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_host root 11960 11956 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_host root 11961 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11964 11961 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11966 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11969 11966 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11976 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11978 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 11982 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_host root 11986 11976 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11989 11978 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 11992 11982 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_host root 11994 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi root 11996 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 11999 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 12001 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_device root 12004 11994 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi root 12007 11999 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 12009 11996 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 12012 12001 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_device root 12048 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_device root 12052 12048 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_device root 12053 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 12056 12053 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 12057 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug block root 12060 12057 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug block root 12061 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi root 12064 12061 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi root 12066 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug scsi_host root 12069 12066 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug scsi_host root 12071 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 12074 12071 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb root 12076 4 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb root 12079 12076 0 Jan30 ? 00:00:00 /etc/hotplug.d/default/20-hal.hotplug usb