Hal doesn't remove media directories on shutdown

[Nicolas DERIVE]

Binary package hint: hal

In latest Ubuntu Hardy (with hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu6),

If I let my external disk drive or my USB key plugged on shutdown, their directories (for exemple /media/Linux_Portable) are not removed, and at restart or when I plug them again, they are mounted in other directories (for exemple /media/Linux_Portable_). This is a problem for indexing files on these devices, but not only. It doesn't occurs if I unmount them.

[Nicolas DERIVE (kalon33)]

This is apparently a regression from Gutsy at least (maybe from Feisty and Dapper too).

[Paweł (paff)]

I confirm, that in my case is the same issue...

I have SD card named "1GB" all the time in my SD-slot, so after couple of reboots my media directory looks like this:

% ls /media | grep 1GB
1GB
1GB_
1GB__
1GB___
1GB____
1GB_____

Ubuntu Hardy, kernel: 2.6.24-15-generic, Thinkpad X61

bajo

[nimphelos (cemaleker)]

Have same problem here

WD Passport
WD Passport_
WD Passport__
WD Passport___
WD Passport____
WD Passport_____
WD Passport______
WD Passport_______
WD Passport________
WD Passport_________
WD Passport__________
WD Passport___________

[Fabian (fwin-deactivatedaccount)]

I can confirm this with latest updates.

[ixothym (ixothym)]

I get this behaviour as well:

disk
disk-1
disk-10
disk-11
disk-2
disk-3
disk-4
disk-5
disk-6
disk-7
disk-8
disk-9
MyBook-ReiserFS
MyBook-ReiserFS_
MyBook-ReiserFS__
VX2PFPP_DE
VX2PFPP_DE_
VX2PFPP_DE__
VX2PFPP_DE___
VX2PFPP_DE____

[ixothym (ixothym)]

Sorry, forgot to mention:

hal: 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu6
libhal-storage1: 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu6

[Paweł (paff)]

Everything is fine right now. No remaining folders after shutdown.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
kernel: 2.6.24-16-generic
hal: 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu7
libhal-storage1: 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu7

[Daeng Bo (daengbo)]

This bug doesn't only occur when shutting down. On AMD64, yanking the drive without unmounting leaves the drive entry in Nautilus (though it's obviously inaccessiblebesides what's already in cache). Inserting the drive again makes a duplicate entry with "_" appended. The first entry can't be unmounted via normal means.

[Paweł (paff)]

@Daeng Bo: I think manual unmount is not a problem, so do this everytime before "yanking". It is not this bug, and it's not a bug at all.