*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 61946 ***
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 61946
[Edgy Data Loss] umount progress dialog missing
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"safely remove" isnt safe
https://launchpad.net/bugs/70417
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I think I now know what the exact problem is: the device's icon disappears
immediately after the user clicks "Safely remove", leading one to believe
the device has immediately unmounted and can be safely removed. Obviously,
the device is only *really* unmounted after all the changes have been flus
Confirmed here as well.
This is actually *quite serious* since it can lead to loss of data.
To prevent it, either manually unmount the drive in the console
(umount waits till all the data is flushed) or run "sync" to explicitly
flush the data.
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"safely remove" isnt safe
https://launchpad.net/
I can confirm this.
For me "savely remove" worked in Kubuntu Dapper with kde-353 but not
anymore in Kubuntu Dapper nor in Edgy with kde-355.
A possible work-around is to "sudo umount" the drive in the console,
because there you can be sure that all files have been saved properly,
when the cursor
I can confirm this is an issue on Kubuntu 6.10. Is there a workaround,
such as manually flushing cached writes?
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