Alan Stern wrote:

> Unfortunately, at the moment Linux does not have any way to do this.  The 
> most it can do is a suspend.
> 
>>  I would like to turn the device off before let the user unplug it;
>>something like what Windows does with the "safe removal" option.
> 
> Is that in fact what Windows does?  Are you sure it doesn't just do a 
> suspend?  If the power was turned off, Windows would have no way of 
> knowing when you plugged a new device into the port.

  I think so. My camera turns the display light off and the USB stick
turns its light off as well. It seems to be something more than what
Linux can do at this moment with the suspension stuff.

-- 
Greetings, alo.


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