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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