Bug 443396 - Disk mount applet shows useless empty error message on failed unmount
Summary: Disk mount applet shows useless empty error message on failed unmount
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-applets
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-21 11:03 UTC by Hans Ulrich Niedermann
Modified: 2009-07-14 16:17 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-07-14 16:17:57 UTC
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Description Hans Ulrich Niedermann 2008-04-21 11:03:04 UTC
Description of problem:

  When trying to unmount a filesystem via the disk mount applet
  while the filesystem is still in use, gnome-mount displays a useful
  error message:

    +---[]-----------------------------+
    | Cannot unmount volume            |
    |                                  |
    | An application is preventing the |
    | volume 'foobar' from being       |
    | unmounted.                       |
    |                           [ OK ] |
    +----------------------------------+

  It comes from gnome-mount and has no window title, but at
  least it shows some kind-of informative text.

  After the user clicks [OK], /usr/libexec/drivemount_applet2
  shows this useless error dialog:

  +-[Unmo]-+
  |        |
  |    [OK]|
  +--------+

  xwininfo tells that the title should be "Unmount Error".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

  gnome-applets-2.22.1-1.fc9.i386

How reproducible:

  always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert any hotpluggable device with a filesystem.
2. Wait for hal/gnome-mount to work their magic and mount the FS.
3. Open terminal window and "cd /media/proper-dir" to simulate the app.
4. Click "Unmount foo" in the disk drive mounter applet.
  
Actual results:

  +-[Unmo]-+
  |        |
  |    [OK]|
  +--------+

Expected results:

  Either a useful error message or none at all, as gnome-mount has already
  popped up one.

Additional info:

  The useless empty error dialog does NOT pop up when trying to unmount the
  filesystem from the Gnome file manager thingie (is it still called
  nautilus?) or by running "gnome-mount -u -d /dev/sdb1" from a terminal.
  This makes me think the "Disk Mounter" applet is the culprit.

  Oh, and why does the "*Disk* Mounter 2.22.1" (About dialog) correspond to
  the /usr/libexec/*drive*mount_applet2 executable (emphasis mine)? That is
  confusing, to say the least.

Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2008-04-21 17:46:12 UTC
Upstream bug is http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511139

Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 09:50:46 UTC
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA.
More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-06-10 00:19:34 UTC
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2009-07-14 16:17:57 UTC
Fedora 9 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-07-10. Fedora 9 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
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