automounting usb devices

[David Rysdam]

On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:46:53 -0500, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 07:19:38 +0000 (UTC), "maddog at li.org" <jonhall80 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Sometimes there is a zombie process that kept the last device from
> > completely un-mounting, and therefore the mount point or driver might
> > think it is still active from the last mount. You might check to see
> > if some zombie is still around that might be clogging it. Try an
> > "lsusb" to see if it still thinks the device is there, even if it is
> > not plugged in.
> 
> Good thinking. Bad news: lsusb hangs. Good news: that's more evidence
> that something is toasted. In fact, I realize now the reason I can't
> restart HAL is that it's in uninterruptible sleep.

Going on your theory of "device still open" I did an lsof. Saw some
modules in there, which gave me the idea to unload usb. Lost my keyboard
and mouse. D'oh. Rebooted via ssh. Oh well.