[xubuntu-users] Can not unmount a usb pen drive
Tim H.
bizdev at pwnspeak.com
Tue Mar 8 17:27:28 UTC 2011
On 3/8/2011 11:56 AM, Lee Gold wrote:
>
> 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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Are you using the umount command or the built-in thunar Unmount function?
I find that thunar is unable to unmount mostly any usb drive I plug in
for one reason or another. I usually try to umount the drive and that
works fine.
Tim
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