On 04-Oct-97 Alan Eugene Davis wrote: >Thank you for the response. Perhaps I should clarify.
Open a new xterm and enter "ps -ef | grep cdrom" and if than returns a line (or more) let us know what they are; if not, enter "df | grep cdrom" and if that doesn't returm anything kill a white chicken by the light of a full moon and after the feast, place its dried wish- bone above your cdrom and say the magic words "Dennis M. Richie" (or was that "Linus Torvalds") I can never remenber... > >I am using X. I have several xterms/rxvts open, and I am running >several emacs frames. None of these, as far as I can tell, is >connected in any way with /cdrom, neither sitting on it, nor >accessing any file on the cd. > >I need to fing a way to find out which processes or xterms is/are >causing this association to be made? This happens once in a while, >that I am NOT in that directory, but I get this message, so something >is going on that is not seen by me. > >Alan > >Dan Hugo writes: >> This will always happen if, for example, >> >> pwd >> /cdrom/* >> >> In other words, if you are IN the directory in question, it is busy. >> >> Happens to me all the time as well. Same with any mounts, or if you try >> to rmdir a directory you are in. >> >> cd /;umount /cdrom >> >> should work >> >> -dh >> >> >> >> >> Alan Eugene Davis wrote: >> > >> > This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, >> > but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. >> > >> > Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be >> > accessing or sitting on a certain device? >> > >> > Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother. >> > >> > Alan >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Alan E. Davis >> > Marianas High School >> > AAA196, Box 10001 >> > Saipan, MP 96950 >> > Northern Mariana Islands >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > " So that I can continue to use computers without dishonor, I have >> > decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I >> > will be able to get along without any software that is not free. " >> > ---Richard Stallman >> > >> > -- >> > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . >> > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . >> > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
