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Unable to safely remove usb devices

Bug #778346 reported by Tenoch on 2011-05-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #466575: secure remove of external USB-HDD produces error. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Ubuntu	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Every time i get the message attached on the screenshot when trying to safely remove a cell phone and a usb mass storage device.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaDevices:
total 0
crw------- 1 root root 116, 1 2011-05-06 02:15 seq
crw------- 1 root root 116, 33 2011-05-06 02:15 timer
AplayDevices: aplay: device_list:240: no soundcards found...
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices: arecord: device_list:240: no soundcards found...
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CheckboxSubmission: 71f1eefe8b8b0a79087ed60434917a6b
CheckboxSystem: e704f33cc0866ff0f0256a33de39ea1c
Date: Fri May 6 03:04:28 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GvfsMonitorLog: Monitoring events. Press Ctrl+C to quit.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=038806ad-14e8-4226-9894-b7a60384a625
HotplugNewDevices:

HotplugNewMounts:

InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
PciMultimedia:

ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=531cc73f-3cea-4063-bd8b-722e4fda2430 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.52
SourcePackage: linux
Symptom: storage
UdevMonitorLog:
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
UdisksMonitorLog: Monitoring activity from the disks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to cancel.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (8 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/11/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.27
dmi.board.name: 30CF
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 85.24
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.27:bd01/11/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6700NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30CF:rvr85.24:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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Tenoch (ernesto-castillo-maldonado) wrote on 2011-05-06:

unmounting.png Edit (1013.4 KiB, image/png)
AcpiTables.txt Edit (165.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (56.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (200 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (122.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (559 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo_.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (118 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (94.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (228.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (69.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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IKT (ikt) wrote on 2011-05-06:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 583009, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.