-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/24/08 15:11, postid wrote: > Greetings: > > When I unmount a USB memory stick my machine becomes completely > unresponsive. I can't access a console and even the sysreq key sequences > don't work. I end up shutting it down with the power button. > > My /etc/fstab has this line: > > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > /dev/sda1 /media/usb auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > This is an IBM R40 laptop running Sarge. > > Any ideas for using USB sticks successfully? > > (Yes, I'll upgrade to Etch eventually, but right now I'm too busy for > that.) > > Please CC me as I'm not currently subscribed.
- From the console, or within X? Are you sure that it's successfully mounted? I'd run "# tail /var/log/syslog" in one xterm, while in the other run "# umount -v /media/usb". - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements and make them into big productions." Pitr Dubovitch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHwldgS9HxQb37XmcRAjCoAJ9v0nkLwYra8dOZ+NWhQCfvtBfbsQCeJfw2 a8CzM5kezYyB7n1KmfmO208= =xfwO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
