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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kdeeject -- is this a BUG??
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-12-26 21:00:31
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Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> 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.)

Bug 37780

This appears to work OK with the current Beta 3.1.94

However, the report appears to indicate that this has regressed in previous releases so, 
it should be checked in the release candidates.  I will try to remember to do this.

--
JRT

 
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