Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:55:02 -0500 | From | Alejandro Bonilla <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM:Machine hangs on pulling out USB cd writer on laptop. |
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Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> Puneet Vyas wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My Dell 600m has a CD writer attached as a USB device. I need to use >> the same slot to connect my floppy drive. After pulling out the CD >> writer , the machine completely hangs and only hard boot works. I am >> new to reporting bugs so I attached all info as according to >> REPORTING-BUGS. Please let me know if more info is needed.Thanks. >> >> Warm regards, >> Puneet Vyas >> >> PS : I am not even sure if I am "allowed" to pull out the writer like >> this. Am I supposed to "stop" the device first or something? >> > You are supoused to unmount the volume. Try it. umount /dev/cdrom ? > Make sure that is it not in use, then unload it. > New versions of gnome and so have the option to right click the loaded > device and then to unmount. > > It should never hang. Does it hang with the floppy when removed? > > .Alejandro > - > Also, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1), login and then unplug the device, If it gives a kernel panic, show the output here.
.Alejandro
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