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Bug 69706 - FAM does not release directory when all windows are closed
FAM does not release directory when all windows are closed
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 86114
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
1.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-01-25 21:16 UTC by Federico Mena Quintero
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Description Federico Mena Quintero 2002-01-25 21:16:24 UTC 
I just installed RHL 7.2 and nicely discovered that Nautilus uses FAM.

I mounted /mnt/compactflash, which is the mount point for my digital
camera's memory card.  I opened it in Nautilus, copied some files to my
hard drive, deleted them from the compacflash card.

I closed all Nautilus windows pertaining to /mnt/compactflash.  However,
when I right-clicked on the compactflash icon on the desktop to unmount it,
I got an error message saying that it could not be unmounted because it was
busy.

fuser(1) said that it was FAM who was accessing that directory.  I had to
kill fam in order to unmount it.

I don't know if Nautilus is not telling FAM to stop monitoring a directory
when a window is closed or if this is a FAM bug.
Comment 1 John Fleck 2002-01-26 03:55:29 UTC 
Adding GNOME2 keyword to bugs with 1.1.x milestone.
Comment 2 John Fleck 2002-01-26 04:01:05 UTC 
Removing GNOME2 keyword from a bunch I accidentally marked incorrectly.
Comment 3 Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2002-05-13 16:42:11 UTC 
I remember having similar problems with fam way back when? Is this
still relevant now, or is it fixed?
Comment 4 Federico Mena Quintero 2002-05-21 00:25:35 UTC 
It may be fixed, as since some time after the initial report I never
had problems again.

Marking as fixed; someone should reopen it if it persists.
Comment 5 Damon Chaplin 2002-06-12 18:06:35 UTC 
I don't have FAM, so if someone else wants this bug please take it!
Comment 6 Luis Villa 2002-06-26 01:10:42 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 86114 ***