[Gllug] Locked in DVD!

will will at hellacool.co.uk
Sun Aug 22 11:05:16 UTC 2004


Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>What process is using the drive?  As root, do 'fuser /dev/cdrom'
> 
> /mnt/cdrom:           3581
> is the reply, which when I checked in KDE system guard is 'fam'. Presumably 
> then I've got to log off and then log back on again to break this connection?
> Or is there another way?

I think a 'killall -HUP fam' as root should do the trick, or a 'killall 
-TERM fam' if it doesn't.

Will.
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