[nzlug] Re: [dunlug] Completely unmounting USB device

[Reece Arnott]

At 04:18 p.m. 7/05/2007, Robin Sheat wrote:
>I have an MP3 player that charges on USB. When you first connect it, the
>computer recognises it and talks to it, and all is well. However, I want to
>know how much it is charged. According to the manual, you can do this in
>windows by using the 'safely remove hardware' thing. In Linux, unmounting it
>removes the mountpoint, but it doesn't seem to remove the device node.
>
>How can I tell Linux to completely stop talking to a USB device so it'll show
>me the amount that it's charged?

I'd also like to know as I had an issue with mine over weekend. I plugged 
it in to charge it up and then just left it in when I turned off my Linux 
machine. After that it wouldn't turn on at all!

It may be a problem with that particular type as I was told (by a young 
teenager mind you) that pushing a paperclip into the hole labelled Reset 
would fix it. Why have a feature like that unless theres a known issue that 
reuqires it?

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Reece Arnott
Learning Environments Specialist
School of Business
University of Otago
Dunedin
New Zealand

rarnott at business.otago.ac.nz
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