[PLUG] Removing a storage media icon from the desktop

[Matt McKenzie]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net> wrote:
> Carlos Konstanski wrote:
>> Richard C. Steffens writes:
>>  > There is a directory /etc/init.d/hal but this is what happens when I try
>>  > to restart it:
>>  >
>>  > rsteff at moonguide:~$ sudo etc/init.d/hal restart
>>  > [sudo] password for rsteff:
>>  > sudo: etc/init.d/hal: command not found
>>  > rsteff at moonguide:~$
>>
>> You forgot the leading /.  It should be /etc/init.d/hal.
>>
> Oops. But, it didn't help:
>
>
> rsteff at moonguide:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart
> [sudo] password for rsteff:
>  * Restarting Hardware abstraction layer hald
> [ OK ]
> rsteff at moonguide:~$
>
> The icon is still on the desktop, and the entry is still in /media.
>
> rsteff at moonguide:/media$ sudo rm -rf disk
> rm: cannot remove directory `disk': Device or resource busy
> rsteff at moonguide:/media$
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
> www.dicksteffens.com
>



Did you try to actually reboot, not just restart X?
I am wondering if the cleanup activites during a reboot might clear this up.

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Matt M.
LinuxKnight