FileSystem unmount failure : lock on file due to file transfer

[Eoin Coffey]

Ah thats much better info :-)

To help track this problem you should look here about filing a bug report:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForBugReports

My guess is that for some reason we're not close()ing the file afterward,
but I don't have a hand in the file transfer stuff (I don't really have a
hand in anything at all ;-)).

-Eoin

On 8/8/07, Frédéric Menou <frederic.menou at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So:
>
> an usb key, mounted on /mnt/key
> pidgin, installed in / partition.
>
> I transfered a file stocked on the key, let say /mnt/key/file, using msn
> protocol, and it was successful.
>
> After that I tried to unmount the key, which was not allowed. I suppose
> it's a lock problem.
>
> The only solution was to quit pidgin, and then to unmount the partition.
>
> 2007/8/8, Eoin Coffey <ecoffey at gmail.com>:
> >
> > *returning thread to list*
> >
> > On 8/8/07, Frédéric Menou < frederic.menou at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > No,
> > >
> > > The usb key was just the file system on which the sent file was.
> > >
> > > 2007/8/8, Eoin Coffey < ecoffey at gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > On 8/8/07, Frédéric Menou < frederic.menou at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have transfered a file stored on a usb key. This was successful
> > > > > \o/
> > > > >
> > > > > But ... when I tried unmounting the key, the system (linux in my
> > > > > case) refused because of a lock on this file, even after transfert
> > > > > completion oO
> > > > >
> > > > > I had to quit pidgin to complete unmounting... a bad solution...
> > > > >
> > > > > I am sure others have tacked this, so defect++...
> > > > >
> > > > > thx
> > > > > -- Fred
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Were you running pidgin from the usb key?
> > > >
> > > > -Eoin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > I still don't understand.  Try to be more specific and walk us through
> > what you were doing and how when this perceived error occurred
> >
> > -Eoin
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Frédéric Menou
> 06.30.32.17.45
>
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