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From: pa3gcu <pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl>
To: dzlotnik@uwaterloo.ca,
	Dan Zlotnikov <dzlotnik@perpugilliam.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /cdrom fails to unmount
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:06:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200307221806.48987.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0307221116460.20338-100000@perpugilliam.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

On Tuesday 22 July 2003 17:19, Dan Zlotnikov wrote:
> In Deb.woody, kernel 2.4.18, I have the following problem:
>
> mount /cdrom
> "sure," the computer says, "I will."
>
> cd /cdrom
>
> mplayer -fs whateverthehellI'mwatching
> "Okay," says the computer.
>
> cd
> "No problems," says the beast.
>
> umount /cdrom
> umount: /cdrom: device is busy
> Or in other words, "*$^! you!"


No it says' sommat or someone started another program while you were in /cdrom
'fuser' would be a good idea on this one.

fuser /cdrom

may help.

>
> No processes that I could identify suggested themselves as the visible
> culprit. Rebooting works, but killing the x-session doesn't.

Let fuser decide that.

>
> Help, anyone?
>
> Dan

-- 
If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-07-22 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-22 15:15 Multi-kernel in grub Travis
2003-07-22 15:19 ` /cdrom fails to unmount Dan Zlotnikov
2003-07-22 15:44   ` Amin
2003-07-22 16:06   ` pa3gcu [this message]
2003-07-22 15:43 ` Multi-kernel in grub Amin
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.43.0307221116460.20338-100000@perpugilliam.cscl ub.uwaterloo.ca>
2003-07-22 15:58   ` /cdrom fails to unmount Ray Olszewski
2003-07-22 16:28     ` Dan Zlotnikov
2003-07-23 14:58       ` pa3gcu
2003-07-22 16:11 ` Multi-kernel in grub pa3gcu
2003-07-22 21:54 ` Travis Osterman
2003-07-23  2:20   ` Ray Olszewski
2003-07-23  4:51     ` Travis Osterman
2003-07-23  6:24       ` pa3gcu
2003-07-24  3:20         ` Travis Osterman
2003-07-24  7:54           ` Julien Didron
2003-07-24 12:32           ` pa3gcu
2003-07-24  0:00 /cdrom fails to unmount Heimo Claasen
2003-07-25 15:28 ` James Miller
2003-07-24  0:00 Heimo Claasen
2003-07-24 15:55 ` James Miller (office)

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