On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 08:33:34PM +0100, Iain Mac Donald wrote: > On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 19:14, David Fokkema wrote: > > > If you are running Gnome you could try something like > > > gksu "/etc/init.d/fam stop" > > > umount the cd followed by > > > gksu "/etc/init.d/fam start" > > > > My brother has problems unmounting his zip drive. It is _always_ famd > > which is blocking things. What the hell does it do? Yes, I've read the > > manpage, but the only time we notice it is when it is blocking some > > umount. Quite irritating. > > > FAM - I think it stands for File Alteration Monitor. It is used by lots > of applications but in particular Nautilus (also Gnome Commander - but > can be turned off). If a file is changed, deleted or created the > application is alerted, otherwise the user would have to refresh the > window constantly. Certainly a useful function.
True enough. > There was a long running thread on the FAM/umount bug on > debian-gtk-gnome mailing list recently. Yeah, well, I hope they fix it, and not consider it a 'feature'. I'll look up this thread, thanks! David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
