Just a question, but what CD was it (I do have a valid reason for asking)
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 17:50, daniel wrote: > 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 > -- Alan Harding PS Engineer Network Appliance Ltd +44 (0)7715 539272 "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key" _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
