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 -- =========== Tecknomage =========== Computer Systems Specialist IT Technician (retired) San Diego, CA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to udisks2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067876 Title: Missing "Safely Remove Drive" option from Quicklists. Only have "Eject". Status in GVFS: New Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: New Status in Nautilus: New Status in abstraction for enumerating and managing block devices: Won't Fix Status in Unity: Invalid Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “udisks2” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “udisks2” package in ALT Linux: Unknown Status in Fedora: Unknown Status in “nautilus” package in Gentoo Linux: New Status in “nautilus” package in Mandriva: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: Confirmed Bug description: In Ubuntu 12.04, I could right-click on my usb-external-harddrive's Unity-Task-Bar icon (launcher icon) and select "Safely Remove". Upon doing this, the icon would disappear and I would proceed in unplugging my external hard drive. However, since upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10, this option is no longer available in the context menus (Quicklists) for external drives. Instead, all I see is "Unmount", and after clicking "Unmount" the icon remains on the task-bar (launcher) and no indication is given that would imply that the unmount occurred successfully. The intent of this report is to bring back the "Safely Remove" option which (by making the icon disappear after selected) indicates that you may now safely removal your USB external hard drive (by unplugging its usb connector). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 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] Date: Wed Oct 17 14:55:17 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-04 (13 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/1067876/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

