[CentOS] How to disable hal's polling of CD-ROM drive in CentOS 5.1?

Tue Dec 11 17:08:21 UTC 2007
Steve Snyder <swsnyder at insightbb.com>

On Tuesday 11 December 2007 11:58:38 am Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2007 7:29 AM, Steve Snyder <swsnyder at insightbb.com> wrote:
> > Given that I hardly ever use the CD-ROM drive, it makes no sense to
> > have hal constantly polling it for new media.
> >
> > How can I disable this polling in CentOS 5.1?
>
> Stop haldaemon:
>
> service haldaemon stop
> chkconfig haldaemon off

What other services will I lose if I disable hal altogether?