Comment 110 for bug 1067876

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tecknomage (tecknode) wrote : Re: [Bug 1067876] Re: Missing "Safely Remove Drive" option from Quicklists. Only have "Eject".

On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:59:06 -0000, you wrote:

Q> I'm seeing the safely remove option just fine in 13.10.
Q>

It is NOT working correctly. It does unmount a thumb drive but DOES
NOT POWER IT OFF. I know because my thumb drives have a power LED,
after 'Safely' removing, or unmounting, the LED is still on.

"Safely" remove works correctly in Windoze because it removes *power*
from the port.

Q> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
Q> report.
Q> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067876
Q>
Q> Title:
Q> Missing "Safely Remove Drive" option from Quicklists. Only have
Q> "Eject".
Q>
Q> Status in GVFS:
Q> New
Q> Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
Q> New
Q> Status in Nautilus:
Q> New
Q> Status in abstraction for enumerating and managing block devices:
Q> Won't Fix
Q> Status in Unity:
Q> Invalid
Q> Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu:
Q> Fix Released
Q> Status in “udisks2” package in Ubuntu:
Q> Fix Released
Q> Status in “udisks2” package in ALT Linux:
Q> Unknown
Q> Status in Fedora:
Q> Unknown
Q> Status in “nautilus” package in Gentoo Linux:
Q> New
Q> Status in “nautilus” package in Mandriva:
Q> Confirmed
Q> Status in openSUSE:
Q> Confirmed
Q>
Q> Bug description:
Q> In Ubuntu 12.04, I could right-click on my usb-external-harddrive's
Q> Unity-Task-Bar icon (launcher icon) and select "Safely Remove". Upon
Q> doing this, the icon would disappear and I would proceed in unplugging
Q> my external hard drive.
Q>
Q> However, since upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10, this option is no longer
Q> available in the context menus (Quicklists) for external drives.
Q>
Q> Instead, all I see is "Unmount", and after clicking "Unmount" the icon
Q> remains on the task-bar (launcher) and no indication is given that
Q> would imply that the unmount occurred successfully.
Q>
Q> The intent of this report is to bring back the "Safely Remove" option
Q> which (by making the icon disappear after selected) indicates that you
Q> may now safely removal your USB external hard drive (by unplugging its
Q> usb connector).
Q>
Q> ProblemType: Bug
Q> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Q> Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2
Q> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Q> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
Q> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Q> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Q> Architecture: amd64
Q> CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Q> Date: Wed Oct 17 14:55:17 2012
Q> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
Q> ProcEnviron:
Q>  TERM=xterm
Q>  PATH=(custom, no user)
Q>  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
Q>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Q>  SHELL=/bin/bash
Q> SourcePackage: unity
Q> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-04 (13 days ago)
Q>
Q> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
Q> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/1067876/+subscriptions
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