On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:42:15 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 06 Jun 2003 3:12 pm, RichardA wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:11:47 +0100 > > > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One problem with supermount is that if you mount/umount anything > > > manually you will upset it, and it's a devil of a job to get it > > > soothed, short of rebooting. In my experience, as long as you > > > simple allow supermount to do its job, mounting automatically > > > when you put the disk in, and unmounting when you eject, it works > > > fine. BUT - if you have any Konqueror windows open it will not > > > umount - because Konqueror is still reading it for indexing > > > purposes. This is when it's tempting to think that something is > > > wrong and try to force it with a manual umount. > > > > > > First - have you tried just logging out and back in? Sometimes > > > that cleans up after mistakes. If that doesn't help, try > > > re-booting. Then try to make yourself stick rigidly to the 'close > > > all browsing windows' rule before ejecting, and see if that cures > > > it. > > > > > > If none of this applies to you, sorry - I don't know how much > > > experience you have, so don't be offended. > > > > > > Anne > > > > I had problems even after closing all browser windows and > > terminals. Tracked it down (I think I used /sbin/fuser) to a > > process called 'fam' which watches directories for changes, > > presumably so a file browser can update its view. > > > > Richard > > That sounds extremely likely - to all intents and purposes the browser > was still open. So what did you do about it? > > Anne
I killed it. Then I stopped the service. It's possible that I now press refresh in Nautilus more often than I did, but I'm not bothered. Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658 at http://counter.li.org
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