Safely Remove function shuts down USB Reader

[Rex Beowulf]

I am using a newer version of Linux Mint (9 I think, at least that's what's on the ISO I used. That's probably another bug, I cannot find a way to identify what version of Linux Mint I have...).

I am using a 32bit Pentium system with an attached USB card reader. I insert an SD card, use it, and when I right click in the icon and select "Safely Remove Drive" the USB Card Reader is shut down.

I do not know how to restart the drive, so I am forced to restart the computer to restart the USB Card Reader.

Okay, read the instructions below (why do I have to come here to find out how to find what version Mint I have; what happened to the help and other menus that were so handy in Ubuntu?) and found out I'm using Mint 9 Isadora.

[Gwendal LE BIHAN (gwendal-lebihan-dev)]

Doesn't unplugging and plugging the card reader back in work ?

[Rex Beowulf (rexbeowulf)]

Well thanks for the insult. This is an internal card reader. If it were an external reader that allowed for multiple cards as the same time (multiplexing), then yes, all I would do is remove it and reinsert it. But, it is obviously not, so no, I cannot open the computer and, while it is running, fiddle around weakly connecting SATA cables to undo a USB connection on my motherboard and plug it back in, making sure I don't mess up and destroy my motherboard.

--- On Tue, 12/27/11, Gwendal LE BIHAN <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Gwendal LE BIHAN <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 908841] Re: Safely Remove function shuts down USB Reader
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 12:58 AM
> Doesn't unplugging and plugging the
> card reader back in work ?
>
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> Title:
>   Safely Remove function shuts down USB Reader
>
> Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   I am using a newer version of Linux Mint (9 I think,
> at least that's
>   what's on the ISO I used.  That's probably
> another bug, I cannot find
>   a way to identify what version of Linux Mint I
> have...).
>
>   I am using a 32bit Pentium system with an attached
> USB card reader.  I
>   insert an SD card, use it, and when I right click in
> the icon and
>   select "Safely Remove Drive" the USB Card Reader is
> shut down.
>
>   I do not know how to restart the drive, so I am
> forced to restart the
>   computer to restart the USB Card Reader.
>
>
>   Okay, read the instructions below (why do I have to
> come here to find
>   out how to find what version Mint I have; what
> happened to the help
>   and other menus that were so handy in Ubuntu?) and
> found out I'm using
>   Mint 9 Isadora.
>
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[Gwendal LE BIHAN (gwendal-lebihan-dev)]

I'm really sorry you took that as an insult, but I can guarantee you my question was worth asking. It would not have been the first time such a simple solution would have "solved" an issue.

[Bryan Manternach (smash-w)]

This is a somewhat older "problem" . You need the "unmount" option because "safely remove" is an "eject" operation that sends a command to power off the device, and your card reader is powering down. . for some reason, the powers that be decided in their infinite wisdom that having both "unmount" and "safely remove" in the same menu was too confusing. So, you can use the CLI to unmount, or get an older or patched nautulus that restores the unmount menu option. Forcing a re-Scan of USB from the CLI might bring it back, too. This was a cosmetic decision that IMO, is unnecessarily dumbing down the UI.

More details here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1477247

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

it's not a nautilus issue, see bug #404185 for details