From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Zlotnikov Subject: /cdrom fails to unmount Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:19:59 -0400 (EDT) Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <001b01c35064$0a9d2b90$abcea695@ads.iu.edu> Reply-To: dzlotnik@uwaterloo.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <001b01c35064$0a9d2b90$abcea695@ads.iu.edu> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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 processes that I could identify suggested themselves as the visible culprit. Rebooting works, but killing the x-session doesn't. Help, anyone? Dan - 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