From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pa3gcu Subject: Re: /cdrom fails to unmount Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:06:48 +0200 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200307221806.48987.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> References: Reply-To: pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: dzlotnik@uwaterloo.ca, Dan Zlotnikov , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs