Viola, it actually worked this time My steps on the same configuration were:
1."sg_start --start /dev/sdX" 2."sg_start --stop /dev/sdX" And my drive i.e Seagate Backup Plus Drive was powered down for about 1 minute or so then I don't know why or how it restarted Ubuntu 13.10 -- 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
