On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 14:24, Marcel Janssen wrote: > On Sunday 27 June 2004 11:51, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > > Marcel Janssen wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I'm using a usb disk which I currently can not unmount. I get "device > > > busy" messages although no process is using the disk (fuser doesn't show > > > anything). > > > > > >Anyway I can force an unmount ? > > > > The problem is probably fam. > > Try: > > killall -HUP fam > > Then unmount. > > It wasn't fam. > The problem simply disappeared, after 10 minutes I could unmount. Strange, > never seen this before. Must be something regarding the hotplug stuff I > guess. > > Thanks, > Marcel > I have the same problem with a certain jumpdrive-sport usb2 key. The mount/umount takes minutes and the process state code shows up in ps with a "D" as I suppose the kernel is waiting for the I/O to finish. I have an older usb1 jumpdrive that works fine though. Travis Fraser
