External devices should have an eject or unmount option on their Launcher icon
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
New
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Undecided
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Unity |
Incomplete
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Wishlist
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity
When I plug a USB memory stick into a system running 11.04 and Unity, a USB icon appears in the Launcher. If I right click on this to get a context menu, I get several options: Open, Eject, Safely Remove.
However, if I plug a Firewire HDD in, while it is happily automounted, and I do get a Firewire icon in the Launcher, the only option in the context menu is Open. No option there at all to unmount, eject, or whatever.
Even worse, when I plug in an eSATA external HDD, it is mounted, but NO icon appears at all in the Launcher, thus no way to safely unmount the HDD before removing it.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.DP.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.3:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.3:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1280x800 1280x800
edid-base64: AP/////
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Sat Apr 30 10:11:36 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GdmLog2:
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:215a]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InstallationMed
MachineType: LENOVO 2516A11
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
ProcVersionSign
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/01/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET75WW (1.35 )
dmi.board.name: 2516A11
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 2516A11
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.
version.
version.
version.
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version.
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Thank you for your bug report, let's get some design input about that, setting the unity part to imcomplete waiting on the design opinion