[ale] unmount problem

[Damon L. Chesser]

On 12/05/2013 03:38 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>
> If I plug a thumb drive into a usb port, I can open it and manipulate 
> files without a problem.
>
> BUT . . . .
>
> when I try to unmount the thing, I am told that another program has 
> opened a file on the drive and the OS refuses to unmount the damn thing.
>

sync; umount -l (or L, I forget) /path/media/drive
>
> I can not, for the life of me, figure out WHICH piece of software is 
> the problem. Right now, to guarantee safety, I am rebooting to unmount 
> the thumb drive. There must be a better way! I thought dropbox might 
> be the grimlin, but that's not it.
>
> I have looked in /var/log/messages and used ps and top to no avail.
>
> Clues would be appreciated.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
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