On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 20:55, Ricky Boone wrote: > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 13:17, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 07:36, Polashek, Matthew wrote: > > > Oh.. I see what you mean. No nothing that I am aware of is accessing the cf > > > card or it's subsequent directories at the time of this error though I > > > haven't used the 'pwd' command. > > > > It is always fam for me. When ever I delete something from the card, > > fam kicks in and I cannot unmount it without `killall fam` first. I > > finally turned off sgi-fam. > > Hmm... This may sound stupid, but what functionality is lost by > disabling sgi-fam? I'm having the same problem with my sdio card reader > on my laptop (using direct mounting or autofs), and have to kill fam to > get it to release the mount. :( I haven't noticed any functionality loss, and I am not sure which programs actually use FAM. My advice is to turn it off and try it. You can always enable it if you find you need it. Forrest
