Media not correctly unmounting?

[rapattack]

Hi I keep getting this type of error when ejecting media like my pda when i connnect it via the usb port...just the media stick not syncing or anything like that. This also happens when I access my other media sticks like the xd one with the memory reader I have connected. I am still able to do what I need but is there anyway to resolve this issue or well get rid of the error?

[hazel]

I wonder if this is similar to what I'm getting with Ubuntu. I have a USB pen drive and it normally mounts on /media but sometimes it mounts somewhere in the /tmp directory instead (usually when I hot-plug it). Then I can't unmount it because Gnome expects it to be mounted on /media and can't find it. Does mount show it as mounted where you expect it to be?

[rapattack]

Um I am not sure how to answer. You are ahead of me. I know that with my thumb drive it mounts properly....konqueror opens and I close then I remove it....or eject it whatever but the other memory cards....well that is when the problem happens....well that error happens but I tried looking in many directories. I am not sure what i am supposed to see yet. I am still learning when it comes to Linux generally. I have Ubuntu 6.10 on my laptop and that behaves really well.

[hazel]

I still think it would be worth looking at mount. Open your memory card so that Konqueror can mount it, then open a Konsole and type "mount". There will be a line of output for each mounted disk showing the device name and the directory it's mounted on - usb storage devices usually get the device name /dev/sda. This disk should be mounted on /media. If it isn't, that's the source of your problem.

[rapattack]

This is what happened when I plugged in the Card reader with an XD memory in it and then did the command you asked me to do:
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sda1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8,shor tname=lower)

Then I tried with my usb thumb drive and got this:
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8,shor tname=lower)

I got no error when safely removing the usb thumb drive.
The error for the 1st device is as below.

[hazel]

Very curious. The programs listed in your error message are all normal background processes that don't usually access anything except the root partition. I think someone else will have to sort this one out.

[rapattack]

OK well thanks for trying. Things are not bad anyway.

[rapattack]

Well it seems that the problem with the media(sd card) might be ok now. I think what I have seen since I am using a card reader is that I am supposed to just remove it physically from the reader and not the usual. If you know what I mean. I don't have to do anything else. It behaves very well that way. No error. I haven't used my pda in a while so I don't know about that one.