Let me drag up this thread to bring up this question once again -- is killing the camera app by using "dsmetool" still the best way to stop it from coming up every time you open the lens cover?

I tried to avoid this question back when I was working on the Lanterne app, but I've got an app now that just can't ignore the problem -- if both it and the camera app run at the same time, they'll fight each other for control over the camera's focus. So, I've gotta do something about it.

I know that mbarcode uses the "dsmetool" mechanism, and that seems to work on my N900s. But I'd like to know if it still works in all variations of the CSSU, and with the camera-ui2 project. Any hints as to a general-purpose mechanism to stop the camera app from coming up would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!