[Bug 618407] [NEW] Mount folder left busy after unmounting

[Josh Holland]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: util-linux

I unmounted my external disk via the Nautilus right-click->"Safely
remove drive" menu item. When I went to remount the disk (given a label
titan to always mount at /media/titan), it ended up being mounted at
/media/titan_ since /media/titan still existed. This manifested itself
in Banshee being unable to find any of the music that lives on that
disk.

It was impossible to remove /media/titan:

josh at rigel:~$ sudo rm -rf /media/titan
rm: cannot remove directory `/media/titan': Device or resource busy

and furthermore, nothing shows up as using it in the output from lsof:

josh at rigel:~$ lsof | grep /media/titan
josh at rigel:~$ 

The only way round this that I have found is to reboot, delete the
/media/titan directory (now no longer busy) and remount the disk.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 15 22:37:18 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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Mount folder left busy after unmounting
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/618407
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