It seems that problem is fixed with the newest version udisks2 2.1.3-1 in Trusty. >From NEWS file: Send SCSI START STOP UNIT when powering down a drive (see this commit - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/udisks/commit/?id=fcdd8f48b6ac9b1b6da82fdf5f59230fc2ea6feb) udisksctl: add power-off verb to power off drives (see this commit - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/udisks/commit/?id=a54c2fa14c522487a78828d4a9dfd89f916a3576)
It spins down my USB-HDDs and flashes. It's great. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1239087 Title: Safely remove is not working (or broken) in Gnome Disks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1239087/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs