automounting usb devices

Drew Van Zandt drew.vanzandt at gmail.com
Mon Feb 4 10:08:59 EST 2013


Unload and reload on one command line, or better yet with a script you have
debugged.  Also, could you have reloaded the USB module via SSH?

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Drew Van Zandt
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On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:24 AM, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:

> 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.
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