On Friday 06 Jun 2003 4:09 pm, RichardA wrote: > 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
And supermount has behaved sincethen? Anne
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