> BUT...... > > I can't unmount it. I always get a "device busy" message. This happens > wether I call the perl script or I mount it manually as root. I suspect > tha problem lies with the kernel module called up when the stick is > plugged in. This has to attach the usb stick to the scsi drives. > what do you get when you look at /var/log/messages? usually I get the following when I plug in my usb thumb drive.
May 17 11:58:40 sammi kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 2 May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: Vendor: USB 2.0 Model: Super Talent Rev: 1000 May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. then mandrake has some funky code in the hotplug area pointing the thumb drive to being a scsi device. May 17 11:58:41 sammi scsi.agent[7690]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0 May 17 11:58:41 sammi modprobe: FATAL: Module scsimon not found. May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: SCSI device sda: 1014784 512-byte hdwr sectors (520 MB) May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 May 17 11:58:41 sammi kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 May 17 11:58:44 sammi perl: drakupdate_fstab called with --auto --add /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 Then after fstab resolves the thumbdrive gnome places a removable drive on my desktop. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
