[xubuntu-users] Can not unmount a usb pen drive
Lee Gold
leegold at operamail.com
Tue Mar 8 16:56:15 UTC 2011
Hi,
Sorry if my "mindlessly" adjective and opinion ticked anyone off. Not being able to dismount a pendrive throws a wrench into my works, and I was frustrated. I have lost work before by pulling and not unmounting so I always want to unmount and not pull it out before that.
Any help appreciated.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Gold" <leegold at operamail.com>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [xubuntu-users] Can not unmount a usb pen drive
> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 13:58:42 -0400
>
>
> When I try to unmount a USB pen drive it says: unable to
> unmount..another application is preventing.... Using Xubuntu 10.10.
> All I did was copy some stuff over to this drive. This is the type
> of thing that has to be easy to do and work mindlessly on a
> desktop...I'm going to power down the laptop and remove the drive...
>
> Here's my processes - what's locking the pen drive please for next
> time it happens? Also what's dbus? Do I need dbus?
>
> Thanks
>
> giga1 at giga1:~$ ps -e
> PID TTY TIME CMD
> 1 ? 00:00:00 init
> 2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
> 3 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
> 4 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
> 5 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
> 6 ? 00:00:01 migration/1
> 7 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
> 8 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/1
> 9 ? 00:00:00 events/0
> 10 ? 00:00:00 events/1
> 11 ? 00:00:00 cpuset
> 12 ? 00:00:00 khelper
> 13 ? 00:00:00 netns
> 14 ? 00:00:00 async/mgr
> 15 ? 00:00:00 pm
> 17 ? 00:00:00 sync_supers
> 18 ? 00:00:00 bdi-default
> 19 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/0
> 20 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/1
> 21 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
> 22 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/1
> 23 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
> 24 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
> 25 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_hotplug
> 26 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
> 27 ? 00:00:00 ata_sff/0
> 28 ? 00:00:00 ata_sff/1
> 29 ? 00:00:00 khubd
> 30 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
> 31 ? 00:00:00 kmmcd
> 32 ? 00:00:00 khungtaskd
> 33 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
> 34 ? 00:00:00 ksmd
> 35 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
> 36 ? 00:00:00 aio/1
> 37 ? 00:00:00 ecryptfs-kthrea
> 38 ? 00:00:00 crypto/0
> 39 ? 00:00:00 crypto/1
> 51 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
> 52 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
> 54 ? 00:00:00 kstriped
> 55 ? 00:00:00 kmpathd/0
> 56 ? 00:00:00 kmpathd/1
> 57 ? 00:00:00 kmpath_handlerd
> 58 ? 00:00:00 ksnapd
> 59 ? 00:00:00 kondemand/0
> 60 ? 00:00:00 kondemand/1
> 61 ? 00:00:00 kconservative/0
> 62 ? 00:00:00 kconservative/1
> 315 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
> 344 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
> 349 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_4
> 352 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_5
> 353 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
> 371 ? 00:00:00 jbd2/sda5-8
> 372 ? 00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
> 373 ? 00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
> 391 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_6
> 392 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
> 410 ? 00:00:00 flush-8:0
> 440 ? 00:00:00 upstart-udev-br
> 443 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> 588 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> 589 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> 692 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
> 780 ? 00:00:00 cfg80211
> 820 ? 00:00:00 pccardd
> 833 ? 00:00:00 iwlagn
> 860 ? 00:00:00 pccardd
> 863 ? 00:00:00 r852
> 878 ? 00:00:00 hd-audio0
> 921 ? 00:00:00 phy0
> 1023 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_7
> 1046 ? 00:00:09 mount.ntfs-3g
> 1070 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
> 1100 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
> 1109 ? 00:00:00 gdm-binary
> 1115 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
> 1116 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
> 1119 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
> 1121 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
> 1123 ? 00:00:00 modem-manager
> 1198 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
> 1204 ? 00:00:00 gdm-simple-slav
> 1217 tty7 00:00:39 Xorg
> 1233 ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
> 1250 tty4 00:00:00 getty
> 1254 tty5 00:00:00 getty
> 1260 tty2 00:00:00 getty
> 1261 tty3 00:00:00 getty
> 1282 tty6 00:00:00 getty
> 1315 ? 00:00:00 atd
> 1383 ? 00:00:00 acpid
> 1384 ? 00:00:00 cron
> 1393 ? 00:00:00 freshclam
> 1411 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
> 1439 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
> 1512 ? 00:00:00 dhclient
> 1533 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
> 1556 ? 00:00:00 gdm-session-wor
> 1586 ? 00:00:00 hald
> 1587 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
> 1608 ? 00:00:00 upowerd
> 1610 tty1 00:00:00 getty
> 1658 ? 00:00:00 polkitd
> 1689 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
> 1704 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-rfki
> 1720 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-gene
> 1721 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-leds
> 1723 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
> 1725 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
> 1726 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
> 1738 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-cpuf
> 1739 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
> 1813 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
> 1832 ? 00:00:00 sh
> 1861 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
> 1864 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
> 1865 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
> 1874 ? 00:00:00 xscreensaver
> 1878 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-session
> 1880 ? 00:00:00 xfconfd
> 1889 ? 00:00:00 gconfd-2
> 1890 ? 00:00:00 xfsettingsd
> 1892 ? 00:00:00 xfwm4
> 1893 ? 00:00:02 Thunar
> 1895 ? 00:00:00 gam_server
> 1898 ? 00:00:03 xfdesktop
> 1899 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-panel
> 1900 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-power-man
> 1901 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-settings-
> 1906 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-menu-plug
> 1907 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-places-pl
> 1909 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd
> 1914 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
> 1918 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-mount-plu
> 1919 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-clipman-p
> 1920 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-mixer-plu
> 1923 ? 00:00:00 pulseaudio
> 1925 ? 00:00:00 rtkit-daemon
> 1942 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
> 1947 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-volumed
> 1957 ? 00:00:00 polkit-gnome-au
> 1959 ? 00:00:00 applet.py
> 1969 ? 00:00:00 notify-osd
> 2036 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gdu-volume
> 2038 ? 00:00:00 udisks-daemon
> 2039 ? 00:00:00 udisks-daemon
> 2044 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
> 2046 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-afc-volume
> 2176 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
> 2177 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
> 2261 ? 00:00:00 firefox
> 2265 ? 00:00:00 run-mozilla.sh
> 2269 ? 00:00:12 firefox-bin
> 2296 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-terminal
> 2297 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
> 2298 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
> 2318 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
> giga1 at giga1:~$
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