From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 12 17:34:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E10A41065694 for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:34:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from traveling08@cox.net) Received: from fed1rmfepo103.cox.net (fed1rmfepo103.cox.net [68.230.241.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3C608FC13 for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmfepo103.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110312173429.LGPV20516.fed1rmfepo103.cox.net@fed1rmimpo03.cox.net>; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:34:29 -0500 Received: from dell64 ([72.220.91.89]) by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id JHaU1g00c1vgiKs04HaUoB; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:34:28 -0500 X-VR-Score: -200.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=+7g07FftAVK5SzfBDSzY8IJIWiAWL38p2qa3Op/8zMo= c=1 sm=1 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=oCktQfYhz6x+qcZZxX2gzg==:17 a=3DW5ysfuAAAA:8 a=HHdnZQ_pAAAA:8 a=sPQPrPoyoNbnqVRpwe0A:9 a=lRI6p-DcXltPFu3IB9JC1f5_DNAA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=2SAumGWBsQEA:10 a=oCktQfYhz6x+qcZZxX2gzg==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:34:23 -0800 From: Robert To: John Levine Message-ID: <20110312093423.2b8f9eba@dell64> In-Reply-To: <20110312172959.65728.qmail@joyce.lan> References: <20110312090634.3c1ce3ed@dell64> <20110312172959.65728.qmail@joyce.lan> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to umount X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:34:40 -0000 On 12 Mar 2011 17:29:59 -0000 John Levine wrote: > >> [robert@dell64] ~> umount Flash > >> umount: unmount of /home/robert/Flash failed: Device busy > > Try umount -f > > The problem is likely that HAL or one of its friends helpfully has the > device open just in case you might want to ask questions about it. > > Regards, > John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for > Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. > http://jl.ly That works! I did not have to do that before the recent updates to XFCE4 and Xorg but as long as I can umount, I'm happy. Thank you John