From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 02:59:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A4EA16A418 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37C3D13C442 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.06) with ESMTP id l6O2x9Br010444 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:59:09 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l6O2x8tO007604 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:59:09 -0700 Message-ID: <46A56AFB.3060002@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:59:07 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (Windows/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.2.304607, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.7.23.194133 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __FRAUD_419_BADTHINGS 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: mount that cant be killed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:59:10 -0000 Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > hi, > just found out that i have some mount process that cant be killed. I > was > trying to mount a digital photo frame but failed, I issued "mount_msdos > /dev/da0 /mnt" on console. After seeing it not returned, I login from > another console and killed the previous login. Now the mount process is > still there. what should I do instead of reboot?? thanks!! > > TFC It's most likely stuck on some sort of signal handler or section of code. Try signals 1-25 and see which one does kill mount. You should email the maintainer though and let them know of your results, esp if you get a core dump from mount. -Garrett