FC3 can't mount or umount /media/cdrecord always busy.
What gives with Fedors cdrom problems, trying to burn a cd
even under root is a problem xcdroast or k3b , always can't
find /dev/hdc. And then again somtimes I can burn a Cd.
Even with a new Cd/DVD/burner
Frustrated

Jim

i had the same problem before but what i did is install the latest udev update form the fedora update site and everything is ok now. i can burn cd even when not root i do not encounter anymore problems with unmounting the cdrom.hope that helps

It doesn't make any difference what version of udev up to .6 I still have the same problem..

Jim

This problem even exist in SU.
# umount /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder
umount: /media/cdrecorder: device is busy

This happens on two different PCs and a Laptop.
It doesn't make any difference as to what version of udev is installed.
Boy is this frustrating.

Jim

hey,

this isn't too much of an issue, I had the same thing with my ipod mini (do not disconnect) To solve it type
$eject /dev/hdc

I had to use eject /dev/sda (cos its a usb device) and you may have to run it as root.

Hope that helps (and works!!)

Dave

That works sometimes, but most the times being SU doesn't help.
What is the command for killing autorun

Jim

I'm afraid I'm a suse user so not familiar with FC at all, but this excerpt from the suse website should work on both (shouldn't it?)


"Situation

You are not comfortable with the automatic mounting via submount implemented by default in SUSE LINUX 9.1 and later for removable media (floppy, CD, and DVD)

Procedure

For the floppy, CD, and DVD drives, this can easily be done by editing the file /etc/fstab. For example, for a DVD drive and a floppy drive, simply change the respective lines from

/dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0

to

/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,noauto,user,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,exec,sync 0 0

Phyrexicaid, I tryed your ideal that they use in Suse , FC3 just wasn't
fazed by it, I still get the device BUSY.
Surely the FC project leaders must see there is a problem here,
nobody is that blind to what's going on.
Or maybe they are perplexed also.
Thanks for your help.

Jim

Below is a command I picked up off of Google to use ,to determind what programs that is using your
Device to make it BUSY all the time. I ran the command :
/usr/sbin/lsof | grep /media/cdrecorder1 | awk '{ print("PID: ["$2"] COMMAND: ["$1"] USER: ["$3"]") }'

And this is the result I got, but does anyone understand what this PID is and is it determental to shutdown ?

PID: [4887] COMMAND: [gam_serve] USER: [mickey]

Thanks
Jim

PID = process ID
To kill a PID use the command

kill [PID]

Check out the man pages for
kill
killall

Also checkout the commands
ps -aux
top
they list the current processes running

I think `/usr/bin/lsof /media/cdrecorder` will also get you the information you want, with a little less typing.

Also, if the `kill PID` doesn't work, try doing a `kill -9 PID`.