And another issue from my point of view that Norbert forgot to mention - when your external hard drive has several partitions (which I think is quite common nowadays, with multi-TB sizes), there is no more an option to remove the whole device with a single action. This used to be the "safely remove drive" option.
Instead, one has to right-click -> eject every partition on it (quite cumbersome for my 4 partitions, especially since I have to discern them by name from my internal HD partitions used for Windows). On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Norbert <1067...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > Hello, Sebastien! > > I’ll summarize my posts here. > > My main linux distro is Ubuntu 12.04 and I think that Ubuntu is the best > distro and will fix the bug #1 soon :) > > In Ubuntu 12.04, Gentoo stable, Debian 6 and Debian 7 safely remove > works for both USB-flash and USB-HDD. > > In Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 (even with Gnome 3.8 from ppa); OpenSuse 12.3 > and Tumbleweed; Fedora 18 and 19; Sabayon 11 safely remove does not > exist or does not work as before. > > I did some tests at my free time for Ubuntu and linux community. It > seems that this bug is not Ubuntu-oriented, it is distro-wide. > > We have 94 users affected by this bug here (they does not make as much > buzz as me) and some in other bug-trackers. > > > I tested 4 USB-flashes and 1 USB-HDD on different PCs and distros (see my > table at Google Docs for product names and USB VIDs and PIDs - > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao5e713Ig9g_dEtqbmhOVnJuVmRmOEx1QXpMSncwbEE#gid=0). > > 1. USB flashes > I understand that removing unmounted (and synced) flash is quite safely > operation. But in 12.04 (and other distros) flash led switched off after > Safely remove. For me it is more comfortable to remove flash which LED is > switched off. > > In Ubuntu 13.04 I see Safely remove entry for only one my USB flash > (Kingston DataTraveller G2 16 GB), and it works as expected (after > pressing Safely remove LED on flash switched off, flash is removed from > lsusb, fdisk -l and gnome-disks). > > For 3 other flashes I see only Eject option. After pressing Eject LED on > flash is switced on, flash is removed from fdisk -l, but still exists in > lsusb and gnome-disks). After Eject I can not switch USB-flash manually > (by udisks --detach). > > 2. USB HDDs > In Ubuntu 13.04 there is no way to spin down USB-HDD from GUI. I can spin > down HDD only from console with udisks --detach. There is a Safely remove > option in Nautilus window, but it does not spin down the drive. It removes > drive from lsusb, fdisk -l and gnome-disks, but plates are rotating. I > understand that SATA HDD are hot-swappable, but it’s not comfortable for me > to remove rotating hard-drive. > > So I hope that convenient safely remove will be back in next releases of > major distros and Ubuntu. > > I prefer LTS versions of Ubuntu - I use 12.04, and safely remove works in > it as I expect. > If you does not believe my results - you can repeat these tests by > yourself. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1081716). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067876 > > Title: > Missing "Safely Remove Drive" option from Quicklists. Only have > "Eject". > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/1067876/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067876 Title: Missing "Safely Remove Drive" option from Quicklists. Only have "Eject". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/1067876/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
