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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kdeeject -- is this a BUG??
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-12-25 2:56:14
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Janne Karhunen wrote:
> Hi,  
>   
> Many of my non-techie friends using linux have had tons of problems  
> just ejecting CD:s under linux. Reasons for this vary, but just to  
> rule out most obvious of them ( leftover processes accessing the   
> device ) i've added stuff in kdeeject to probe for this. Have a   
> look at the attachment and decide whether this could be used on a  
> wider scale.  

Well, it refused to give me my CD again even with my correct configuration (see other 
posting).

I had to KILL konqueror to unmount and get my disk.

I suspect that this is a bug.

To reproduce:

Open Konqueror and then click on the CD-ROM icon (I don't use an auto mounter) on the 
desktop.  This will open a Konqueror KFM window.

Now close the Konqueror KFM window.

Now, try to get your disk back.

You can't unmount and 'fuser' says that Konqueror is still using the directory where you 
mounted the CD-ROM.

[root@localhost root]# fuser -v /mnt/cdrom/

                      USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/mnt/cdrom/          jrt        1495 f....  kdeinit
                      root     kernel mount  /mnt/cdrom

So, the proposed solution will not work because it is Konqueror that is supposedly using 
the CD-ROM.

[root@localhost root]# ps 1495
   PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
  1495 ?        S      0:03 kdeinit: konqueror -mimetype inode/directory file:/mnt/cdrom

If I use 'fuser' to fix this:

fuser -k /mnt/cdrom

then I can unmount the CD-ROM.  HOWEVER, all (user) instances of Konqueror are killed 
since it is all one process.

This appears to be a bug.

--
JRT

 
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