well i went down the list and did all the things and here's my results command: kill -9 <various pids that refused to die> result: a new prompt... and the process is still there
command: eject /dev/cdrom result: nothing... no new prompt and i can't ctrl-c my out either command: eject /mnt/cdrom result: nothing... no new prompt and i can't ctrl-c my out either command: cd / command: umount /dev/cdrom result: umount: /dev/cdrom: not mounted command: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom result: nothing... no new prompt and i can't ctrl-c my out either all of the above are executed as root and while i'm running kde the only thing open was the konsole in kde so then i switched to init 2 and the same thing happened so i rebooted and pushed the eject button while it was doing the ram check don't know what it was but the only way i could get my cd back was to reboot my machine ...there must be something wrong there _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer there is a time, when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and you've got to make it stop. and you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all. - mario savio ----- Original Message ----- From: "R Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:10 PM Subject: Re: how do i kill this *)$%(**(#$*& thing??? > daniel wrote: > > > i put cd in > > kde mounts it all on its own > > i copy files to hard drive > > i type the following: > > > > eject > > > > nothing > > not even a new prompt > > so at different prompt i type: > > > > ps -ax > > > > and there it is: > > > > ... > > 13152 ? D 0:00 eject > > ... > > > > so i type: > > > > kill 13152 > > > > and i get a new prompt > > but no cd > > so i type yet again: > > > > ps -ax > > > > and lo and behold: > > 13152 ? D 0:00 eject > > > > wtf? > > if i can't kill it > > is there a MURDER command? > > or maybe just a gimmemycdbackyoustupidbox command.... > > > > help > > > > _________________________________ > > daniel a. g. quinn > > starving programmer > > > > there are no innocents. it is all of us together by action and inaction who > > made the world what it is. > > - mithras > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > Dan > > You probably did this : ^ ) and not to be insulting but > did you close the directory .... > Some times I forget and can't umount or eject the cd because the system has > the the /mnt/cdrom open somewhere such as Konqueror or a terminal. > > Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
