2 bizarre problems [possibly due to upgrades?]

[dbaker]

Recently two strange things have started happening in my Kubuntu...

1. Whenever I mount a volume (USB stick, external HD), when I try to eject it Dolphin won't let me, telling me an app is using the device, even though the only app using it is Dolphin itself!
2. As of a few days ago, Juk segfaults immediately every time I open it, so I've had to resort to playing music using VLC.

The only thing on my system that's changed recently is software updates!

[Silent Observer]

1. Whenever I mount a volume (USB stick, external HD), when I try to eject it Dolphin won't let me, telling me an app is using the device, even though the only app using it is Dolphin itself!

I've seen this ever since I installed Kubuntu, unlike the almost-instant eject available in Mepis 11. I've found that there appear to be a timer (possibly a wait for cache commit?); if you wait a minute or so, you'll then be able to eject the device. If this is a cache commit wait, it might either be possible to change a setting so that cache commit is triggered by an unmount request, or manually commit the cache.

2. As of a few days ago, Juk segfaults immediately every time I open it, so I've had to resort to playing music using VLC.

The only thing on my system that's changed recently is software updates!

Can't help you with this one; I don't think I've ever used Juk (I don't play music much on my main computer, and my others use antiX, on which I use xmms, with streamtuner2 if I want to play a stream that isn't directly accessed by browser).