On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Michael WARDLE wrote:
> Hi Robert
>
> > I have a problem where fam is hanging on to a disk partition and
> > won't let it go so I can unmount it. I'm seeking a way to make
> > fam "forget" that it needs to monitor this disk.
>
> I believe FAM actually opens a file on the file system it is asked
> to monitor when used with the DNotify patch, as used on a Red Hat
> Linux system. This is the way DNotify works.
>
> I think Nautilus and/or Konqueror (the GNOME and KDE file managers,
> two of the most common applications that use FAM) have been
> modified to explicity deregister any interests it has on a mount
> point before attempting to unmount it.
>
> So:
> 1) This happens when using FAM/DNotify
> 2) Try unmounting your mount using Nautilus
>
> There are probably better ways around this that we could discuss
> if this solution is not what you wanted.
Actually there was a bug in nautilus that i only recently fixed that
prohibits even unmounts from nautilus to work. Unfortunately the fix is
for nautilus 2.0.x (gnome 2), so it won't work in redhat 7.3. Right now i
see no better solution than killing nautilus.
--
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc
alexl@xxxxxxxxxx alla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
He's a leather-clad drug-addicted cyborg with acid for blood. She's a
time-travelling tomboy museum curator from the wrong side of the tracks. They
fight crime!
|