Description of problem: As with FC1, there is the problem with fam locking removable media such as diskettes, making it impossible to umount it from inside GNOME without killing off fam first (or logout/login). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): as supplied with FC2-t3 (fam-2.6.10-9) How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert some media. Mount it using GNOMES built-in mounting support (click on the my computer thingy and double click floppy). 2. Open some file on the floppy (guess this applies to all removable media, but i have only tested a floppy). 3. Close down all visible programs accessing the floppy. 4. try to umount. get the "device is buisy" -error 5. Check with "lsof | grep floppy". see that fam holds it open. Actual results: Can't unmount floppy without logout/in or manually killing fam. Expected results: Fam gets the message to "pull out" or never ever touches removable media... Additional info: Yes, its probably duplicated in the bugs for FC1...
Just trying to push this one - it's that important. Because when a fresh (or an experienced) user installs Fedora Core 2, he/she is 95% for shure bound to try to use removable media. And he/she will find it easy (pretty much thanks to the new "my computer" interface) - untill he/she want his/her media back (we do not count those who just pull their diskettes/USB-keyrings straight out), and discovers that it isn't doable without a login/logout, he/she is going straight for a real breakdown in belief in Linux / fedora quality. And that is bad, because this distro is otherwise beginning to look real good.
There was mention of a fix for this in fam-2.7.0. Bumping bug up again. A lot of corporate users now user removable media, specially graphics-oriented ones.
Seems to be fixed in FC2 final. (an update that fixed it came within a week after release). Got fixed in the last couple of days of fc2-t3 as well.
Odd ... I was actually using FC2 final (updated to latest) when I chimed in above. I mounted a Sony memory stick device (posing as a virtual SCSI device) and couldn't umount it due to fam. Should I open a new bug report for FC2?