On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Alan Cox <a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:06:39 -0430 > "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 19:02 +0100, John Maclean wrote: > > > pkill -f name-of-process > > > > > > That normally works if you know the name of the thing in the first > > > place > > > > > [Please don't top-post; read the list Guidelines] > > > > A process in 'D' state *cannot* be killed. There was a recent discussion > > of this on the list. You have to reboot. > > Or fix whatever is causing the problem > > (as also discussed in the same thread). So for things like NFS mounts a > mix of kill and umount -f > Of course, but the OP's problem is with an optical drive, so the NFS solutions don't apply. Fixing it may involve fixing a driver, which is beyond most people's capabilities. poc
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