[CentOS] Automounter problem in C5.5?

On 08/10/2010 10:51 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us informed us:

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> Or a usb driver problem. Or (I hope not) a hardware problem.
>    
>> 2) How do I restart the automounter when it dies, or can I?  I've hit
>> this issue before once or twice and only rebooting seems to make it
>> right again.
>>      
> As root, or sudo, service autofs restart
>    
I offer this as another data point.
First noticed yesterday -- status icon for my external HP1040r DVD 
burner became hopeless out of sync with reality.
This is a fully updated CentOS 5 box.  Looks like the kernel was 
installed on July 25:

        [root at madeleine log]# grep kernel yum.log
        <snip>
        Jul 25 13:17:14 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.i386
        Jul 25 13:17:31 Installed: kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.i686
        Jul 25 13:17:42 Installed: kernel-PAE-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.i686
        [root at madeleine log]#

Regards