From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265284AbTL0ApJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:45:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265285AbTL0ApJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:45:09 -0500 Received: from [141.154.95.10] ([141.154.95.10]:32641 "EHLO peabody.ximian.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265284AbTL0ApE (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:45:04 -0500 Subject: Re: Can't eject a previously mounted CD? From: Rob Love To: Matt Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3FECD2FB.4070008@ntlworld.com> References: <3FECD2FB.4070008@ntlworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072485880.4136.1.camel@fur> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-8) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:44:40 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 19:31, Matt wrote: > If you are on debian i have noticed recently that gnomevfs (on unstable) > requires famd. famd will open /cdrom after it is mounted and run a dir > notification on it. now i think famd needs some fixing, firstly to not > bother running dir notice on ro filesystems, and secondly allow an > authorised user (other than the original program (in this case > nautilus)) to drop specific mount point dirs from the notification list. > so yes this is a userland problem as far as i can see. Yup. But it sure is lame that our directory notification system (dnotify) needs to hold open a file descriptor on the directory, and thus really wrecks havoc on removable media. Would be nice to have a saner replacement - for other reasons, too. Rob Love