Bug 176008

Summary:	Bad: udev does not umount external devices
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	François Patte <francois.patte>
Component:	gnome-volume-manager	Assignee:	John (J5) Palmieri <johnp>
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Description François Patte 2005-12-17 08:45:45 UTC

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Description of problem:
When hotpluging a usb external device, udev mount it and an icon is visible on the desktop.

When unpluging, the icon desappears, but the device is still mounted (check df or mtab)

log-out then log-in again, the device is still mounted and an icon appears on the desktop.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
udev-058-1.0.FC4.1.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. login as a normal user and plug any usb device
2. unplug the device, execute df (or read mtab), the device is still mounted
3. log-out and log-in again: device is stil mounted and icon is present.
  

Expected Results:  device is unmounted like in i386 arch.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2005-12-19 09:38:30 UTC

udev does not mount devices.

Comment 2 John (J5) Palmieri 2005-12-19 14:30:46 UTC

You need to unmount the device manually (right click menu - unmount) before
unplugging it.  Pulling out a USB device while it is mounted can cause data loss.