Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:35:49 -0600
From:      Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: umount     device busy
Message-ID:  <4FCD1C25.1020006@dreamchaser.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120604214018.bc46d44b.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <4FCB7BBF.7090603@dreamchaser.org> <7581F5930C4F42B28B1E4A5162491B35@astrolap> <4FCC1D4C.2020503@dreamchaser.org> <20120604050537.f2df2af2.freebsd@edvax.de> <4FCC6A41.6030408@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206040809540.97869@wonkity.com> <4FCD0955.6080801@dreamchaser.org> <20120604214018.bc46d44b.freebsd@edvax.de>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 06/04/12 13:40, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:15:33 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
>> Can you tell me where any of this is documented?
>> I can't find squat about gamin.
>> no man page and no docs in the /usr/local tree
> 
> Welcome to the realm of modern software and its aversion
> against documentation. :-)
> 
> In such cases, you often need to use a web browser, google,
> and search for keywords related to your problem.

Actually, did, but missed it.  I know I had the spelling right because I was flooded with "gaRmin" results and had to check.  I'll go hide in the corner now...

>> Checked the port options for gamin itself and see there's
>> a place to turn on the poller, to that should solve that problem.
> 
> No, this setting is done in a configuration file (installed
> version of course). The setting is
> 
> 	poll /mnt/*
> 	poll /media/*
> 
> or
> 
> 	poll /dev/*
> 
> or the like - not sure, I'm not using it.

It's also an option at build time.  Or at least it shows up there:
 [*] GAM_POLLER  Use gamin's poller instead of kqueue's

>> But where does one learn about disabling specific directories
>> or other info?
> 
> In arbitrary web forums, wikis and user pages. :-)
> 
> Here's an example:
> 
> http://people.gnome.org/~veillard/gamin/config.html

Found that easily now, thanks. 



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4FCD1C25.1020006>