https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376498
Bug ID: 376498 Summary: "Safe remove" should not be available for external drives containing OS install and/or /home folder Product: kde Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: general Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org Reporter: wor...@gmail.com Target Milestone: --- Reproducible: Always Steps to reproduce: 1. Install any GNU/Linux distro and Plasma on external storage media, such as USB flash drive or USB HDD/SSD (or regular one in external USB enclosure). 2. Boot into it. 3. Open the Device Notifier icon in system tray and check volumes available for "safe unmount". 4. Open the default file manager (Dolphin) and right click the drive Expected results: "safe remove" feature should not be available for volumes containing / and/or /home folders and they should not be displayed in Device Notifier on step #3. They cannot be safely unmounted anyway, so there's no reason to show these volumes as safely removable. Actual results: "safe remove" is available. When clicked, it complains that the volume cannot be unmounted because it's still used by something. Due to this, for example, Device Notifier icon wastes space on the screen if there are no other removable devices connected. I have up-to-date Arch Linux with KDE Plasma installed on SSD inside external USB enclosure. If this matters, the drive is Samsung 840 Pro and the enclosure is one of those based on ASM1351 chipset. The drive in enclosure is handled by uas driver in the system. cat /sys/block/sdb/removable returns 0 (sdb is the subject drive). The volumes, which are displayed in the tray are mounted at / and /home. The system is booted in UEFI mode, and what's interesting is that the ESP (EFI System Partition), which is mounted at /boot, is not shown in system tray. I switched to UEFI boot only recently, and noticed, that before the switch, the /boot was shown in system tray among the other volumes. Not sure, however, if this info is helpful. None of these volumes are shown in system tray when the drive is connected to the motherboard using regular internal SATA interface. Also reproducible on freshly updated Kubuntu 16.10. I was not able to reproduce the issue on latest and freshly updated Ubuntu (Unity), Fedora Workstation (Gnome), and Arch with Gnome. They all don't show the external drive in this case as safely removable, but show any other USB storage devices as such. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.