I am using Ubuntu 8.04. This problem occurs for me when a disk volume is
improperly disconnected during a session. When the disk is reconnected,
oftentimes, two icons for the volume will appear on the desktop. The
second volume can be unmounted normally, but the original "orphaned"
icon always appears on the desktop until the next reboot.

The attached screenshot shows the problem. Here we have two "VM" volumes
displayed on the desktop and in the filesystem tree. One volume works
fine, the other is orphaned. When attempting to unmount the orphaned
volume, the error message referenced in this thread appears.

It looks to me like there should be a way to unmount or clear these
orphaned volumes without having to reboot, but currently there is no
solution that I know of. Help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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Can't unmount/eject external USB hard drive
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