sync hangs

[Colin Law]

On 20 July 2018 at 17:58, Richard Kimber <
richardkimber at politicsresources.net> wrote:

> I'm having problems accessing a usb card that I've been trying to write
> to.  In Caja I get an error saying "An operation is already pending"
> If I type sync on the command line it hangs.
> I see from ps that there are three sync processes in uninterruptible
> sleep and I can't kill them.  I assume this is the problem.
>
> What's the best way to proceed?  I'm using Ubuntu Mate 18.04 with
> 4.15.0-24-generic
>

Is that an SD card or similar cheap device?  If so then throw it in the bin
and get a new one.  Sandisk or Samsung or similar good quality one.

Colin
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