On 06/03/12 21:05, Polytropon wrote: > Good idea. However, you can do efficient backups of "Windows" > data by using the "ntfsprogs" tools. This makes sure they can > even be read under non-"Windows" systems.
I'll look into that. >>> if you are using xfce4, then you have most likely got gamin >>> running as well, this caused the same problem for me when >>> trying to umount an external USB drive >> >> gamin *is* installed, and I did have the file browser up and >> using it to look at the ntfs disk. I thought it might be >> holding a file open, so first I backed it out to something >> not on the ntfs disk, then exited it. Made no difference. > > Maybe the ganim "lock" is regarding a device file? Not sure > about that, I'm not using it here. I'm not sure what the deal is here, but exiting X does solve the problem. I didn't try just killing the environment by shutting down the wm and leaving X up, but if I forget and do something like that again I'll try to remember to try it. >> In any case, the mount was done after X was started, and switching >> vtys crashes X so I don't do that. > > That sounds a bit wrong... Agreed, but I saw someone else was having a similar problem with 9.0 release a bit earlier on a system, and no problem with 8.3. At least I think that was it. Hmmm, just looked and there's a firefox-bin.core and an xfce-appfinder.core. Timestamps look about right for when I did a vty switch. > Typo maybe? A command like "ps2ascii" sounds more reasonable if > we consider PS being the output format. The command duh. need sleep. thanks. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
