(In reply to comment #20) > >OK, I'm interested in output of /var/log/messages when it doesn't work with > >the WD. Or is that what you posted in comment 15? > I tested it again - the log in comment 15 represent both situations - when > drive spinned-down and when it does not. Only timestamps differ, messages > order is the same. > > > With udisks1 this WD-HDD spins-down (by Safely remove in Nautilus or Power > off in Disks) even if all partitions mounted, with udisks2 it does not. > There is a little difference between udisks1 and udisks2 "powering off > drive" algorithms. What other log-file can I attach to help you to > understand the problem?
Your testing with udisks1 is on an older version of Ubuntu (12.04 vs. 14.04) isn't it? If so, any chance you can install the udisks1 package on the same OS as you tested with udisks2? The packages are parallel- installable (and called 'udisks' and 'udisks2') so it should be as simple as 'apt-get install udisks' and then run "udisks --detach /dev/sdX". I'm asking for this because I think this is due to a kernel and/or ntfs- 3g problem. Another thing to try would be to see if it happens if the filesystem type is *not* ntfs, e.g. try with ext4. (I realize this may not be possible as you may not want to reformat the disk.) To recap, the only difference now from udisks1 is that udisks2 does not send SYNCHRONIZE CACHE before START STOP UNIT (it didn't work on any of my devices when I make the recent udisks2 changes). If it turns out that udisks1 works as expected on 14.04, I will try to add this change to see if it makes the difference... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, 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 Status in GNOME Disks: Fix Released Status in abstraction for enumerating and managing block devices: Confirmed Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Fedora: Unknown Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in openSUSE: Confirmed Bug description: In 12.04 I was able to safely remove USB-stick (make its LED off) and USB-HDD (do a spin down). In 13.04 this option is missed. In 13.10 it is appeared again, but not working as expected: + Gnome Disks normally powers off the USB flash (tested on 4 different flashes and 2 USB cardreaders). - Gnome Disks does not spin down USB HDD (but udisks --detach does) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.8.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 12 13:39:21 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-06 (219 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130306) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-23 (110 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1239087/+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
