** Summary changed: - USB memory stick light stays on after "safely remove" (and 'sync'/'sudo umount') (KDE) + USB memory stick light stays on after "safely remove" (KDE)
** Description changed: Hello. I didn't know whether to file this against 'dbus', 'hal', or some other package. Since I am on Kubuntu Dapper, I decided on 'kubuntu-meta'. (I hope I haven't misunderstood the purpose of that package.) However, it seems probable that the same issue is present also when using Gnome. - After I "safely remove" a USB memory device, the device light isn't + After I "safely remove" a USB memory device (and 'sync', or instead of + "safely removing" do 'sudo umount' for it), the device light isn't turned off, as would be expected. My question is, which process is / should be responsible for powering off the USB stick? If the physical device would show that it was powered off after a "safe remove", trusting the process not to cause data loss (see bug #61946) would be a lot easier. + + (I don't really expect 'sync' or 'sudo umount' to do anything to the + light, they're included only to make sure that the device gets properly + unmounted.) -- USB memory stick light stays on after "safely remove" (KDE) https://launchpad.net/bugs/90097 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs