[aclug-L] Re: cdrom problem

[bbales <bbales@xxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 17 January 2004 15:24, you wrote:

> It's not an elegant solution, but you could use the `lsof` utility to find
> out what process still has the cdrom open. i.e. `lsof | grep /mnt/cdrom`
> (in the case where the cd gets mounted to /mnt/cdrom, kde probably uses
> the automounter or some such). You could then kill that process or take
> other appropriate action.
>
> lsof can take a while to finish executing so don't be allarmed if grep
> doesn't output anything right away.

Thanks, Noah.  That's just what I wanted.  Wish I had known it before I got 
frustrated and used the paper-clip in the hole trick.  That got me grinding 
sounds and it won't mount at all now.  Experience can be expensive.

Sometimes I wish there was a list of utilities with a one-line description of 
each one.  Guess it would be a long list.

Thanks again,
bruce
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