Re: Fam, still a problem in new nautilus
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 09:10:31PM +0100, Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
> Am Do, den 25.03.2004 schrieb Luis M um 19:31:
> > On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 11:58, Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
> > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:20:13 +0100, Luis M wrote:
> > >
> > > > The solution is simple:
> > > [...]
> > > > 3. wait X number of seconds after you close Nautilus window on whatever
> > > > dvd/cdrom you mounted or logout and log back in... and finally,
> > >
> > > How is that a solution?!
> >
> > FAM has to timeout or Nautilus will timeout and release FAM. Whichever
> > happens first so that the CD can be ejected. It works perfectly fine for
> > me. Or kills Nautilus completely (logout) ("pkill nautilus" perhaps?).
> > The point is not to use the terminal because at that point you could
> > simply just restart the fam daemon (if you have root in that box).
>
> Sorry if I wasn't clear. It may well be that your "trick" works, and I
> didn't mean to offend you or any GNOME hacker. It's just that I don't
> consider killing off the file manager, restarting root's daemons or
> waiting acceptable when I simply want to eject a CD. When I don't have
> /cdrom or any other removable media open in Nautilus (i.e. changed the
> directory to, say, ~), ejecting has to work. No matter from which app,
> via /usr/bin/eject, GKrellM or whatever. Locking unused removable media
> is not acceptable behaviour from a user-friendly desktop.
Agreed and moreover, i would consider this as RC bug severity.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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