Safely removing external (usb) hdd's can cause a kernel panic or system freeze
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Debian |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Committed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Committed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
About 50% of the time, (every other attempt), when using 'Safely Remove' on a usb hdd a kernel panic occurs, though on some fresh boots it takes several attempts
(am going to call a Kp because in addition to ALL activity stopping I get the flashing cap and numlock lights
If I remove 'gnome-
Noting that w/ the process removed I'm using a click mount in nautilus to mount the drive(s)
Have tried w/ 3 usb drives, 2 with ext. power buttons, 1 without, the exact same is seen on all
This behavior started up sometime in the last month or so, I believe well after the initial inclusion of the helper in g-s-d in late july
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-settings-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 8 12:15:41 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110831)
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.
mtime.conffile.
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in debian: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
affects: | gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in debian: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Some additional - when this occurs
On the drives with ext. power buttons, when the panic or freeze occurs it is immediate, the drive isn't even unmounted
On a drive with no power button there is a slight delay, the drive is unmounted & powered off, then the panic/freeze occurs
In all cases there is nothing written to ~/.xsession-errors or the syslog
The same is seen whether using nautilus to SR or the drive icon in the unity launcher to SR