problem with usbkey

[Graham Campbell]

On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 12:51, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 05:29:03PM +0200, Adam Antoniak wrote:
> > Hello folks!
> > I have a problem with my usbkey. It gets mounted but unmounting is a real
> > nightmare. Whenever I try running umound command I get message "device
> > busy". 
> 
> Check to be sure you don't have any files open on the device, no file
> browsers open to a directory on it, and no xterm sessions with a
> current working directory on it.
> 

Check out the lsof command in /usr/sbin/ use the +D option. This will
tell you of any open files in the directory tree rooted at the argument.
It gives you the process with the file open.

> Have you checked the "Working devices list" at
> http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ to see if there are any known problems
> with it?
> 
> Also, 2.6 kernels (FC2) have problems with USB where later 2.4 did
> not. Have you tried your device with a recent 2.4 kernel?
> 
> > The device has its internal battery that gets charged while
> > connected to usb port. May that have something to do with it? 
> 
> This is an unusual USB key device. I thought most, if not all, USB key
> devices were non-volatile RAM and required no battery.
-- 
Graham Campbell <gc1111 at optonline.net>