Yes, how stupid of me... I did in the past make sure I was back to my home dir, when I unmounted the usb stick. Anyway, I'll keep the lsof trick in mind the next time the usb refuses to unmount.
Obet On Wednesday 07 March 2007 11:12 am, Michael Tinsay wrote: > Obet, > > Your inside the directory while you're trying to umount it. :-) cd > yourself out of it first. > > > --- mike t. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Roberto Verzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 7:53:23 AM > Subject: Re: [plug] Turning off (the light of) a USB thumb drive > > 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 _________________________________________________ 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
