I used lsof as you suggested and got the ff, when the busy problem arose
again. Does this mean I have to kill 'console' and 'bash'?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/usb/ext3$ lsof | grep /ext3
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() ext3 file system /dev/.static/dev
Output information may be incomplete.
konsole 10543 rverzola cwd DIR 8,1 4096
1 /media/usb/ext3
bash 10544 rverzola cwd DIR 8,1 4096
1 /media/usb/ext3
lsof 10549 rverzola cwd DIR 8,1 4096
1 /media/usb/ext3
lsof 10550 rverzola cwd DIR 8,1 4096
1 /media/usb/ext3
grep 10551 rverzola cwd DIR 8,1 4096
1 /media/usb/ext3
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/usb/ext3$ umount /media/usb/ext3
umount: /media/usb/ext3: device is busy
umount: /media/usb/ext3: device is busy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/usb/ext3$
(In fact, I went ahead and killed console and bash. So another lsof didn't
show the path to the usb stick anymore. But when I tried to umount it, I
still got this:)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ umount /media/usb/ext3
umount: /media/usb/ext3: device is busy
umount: /media/usb/ext3: device is busy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
I get the same result using Konqueror (Go, Devices). Device is busy.
Any more suggestions?
Obet
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 2:39 pm, Michael Tinsay wrote:
> try:
>
> lsof | grep <path of mounted thumdrive>
>
> to see is there's are processes that holds a lock to a file/resource
> located in yout thumb drive.
>
>
> --- mike t.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Roberto Verzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List
> <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:53:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [plug] Turning off (the light of) a USB thumb drive
>
> Hi Eric. Yes, I realize that would do it, although this is exactly what I'm
> trying to avoid -- logging out -- because it takes so much time, and there
> must be a better way. I make sure I've closed all shells, when I encounter
> this problem. I even do a "ps x" to check for remaining programs.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Obet
>
> On Tuesday 06 March 2007 1:36 pm, eric pareja wrote:
> > A little heavy handedness might be in order, and this solution is
> > overkill, but you might want to log out then log in again before
> > attempting to umount the drive. You may have a shell that has a
> > current working directory on the drive you are trying to umount.
> > Logging out will more often than not clear out programs that might be
> > accessing the drive (not just the ones that you think are accessing
> > it). This -should- help you umount the drive properly now.
> >
> > On 3/6/07, Roberto Verzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This is a recurring problem for me. Sometimes, a usb drive refuses to
> > > be unmounted. I would close all files on the drive and other programs I
> > > know are accessing the drive, and I'd still get a "drive busy" message
> > > if I unmount it, even if I type "sync" several times on the command
> > > line. So I end up pulling out a USB stick that was not properly
> > > unmounted.
>
> _________________________________________________
> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List
> [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph)
> Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists
> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
_________________________________________________
Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List
[email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph)
Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists
Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
