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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kdeeject -- is this a BUG??
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2003-12-25 19:13:02
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On Thursday 25 December 2003 03:56, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 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.

Better report it in KDE bugs. Be careful that such unmounting problems are not 
new, so probbably a bug already exist (if it was not fixed for the precise 
reported problem.)

>
> --
> JRT

Have a nice day!

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