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How do I cancel a stale "pending" drive mount with error "An operation is already pending"

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The An operation is already pending error is very generic and many things can cause this. (other answers don't relate to my problem). I have a Luks encrypted volume that I clicked to open, a password prompt appeared, and I waited too long to enter the password. (It normally works just fine.) Now, whenever I try to open it, I just get that error instead of the password prompt. I'm sure rebooting the computer would fix it, but I don't want to do that... I'm sure it's just some sort of mount lock that needs to be manually released. How do I release the lock manually so I can try again? The OS is Mate on Mint 17.3.
Asked by Nick (1181 rep)
Dec 10, 2017, 04:08 PM
Last activity: May 8, 2024, 04:08 AM