Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 590474
"Safely remove drive" needs to be done twice on USB flash devices
Last modified: 2015-03-03 17:47:56 EST
Description of problem: When I insert any of my USB thumb/flash drives (all of which are Kingston, sized 8,16 or 32GB) they work as expected and a gnome file browser pops up with the drive contents. When I'm done, I close the file browser window and then select the option to "Safely remove drive" I get no pop-up or anything, and then a few seconds later the file browser pops open to the drive again. The second time I close the file browser and select "Safely remove drive" it seems to work without another re-detect... but I still get no pop-up or anything to tell me its safe to remove the device. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Latest Fedora 13 beta with all available updates applied. How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert USB flash device. 2. Wait for file browser to open. 3. Close file browser. 4. Select "Safely remove drive". 5. wait... Actual results: 2. Get the file browser. 4. No notification. 5. Get the file browser again in about 10 seconds or less. Expected results: 4. Expect a notification "Its now safe to remove "volume name/description of device". 5. Don't expect the device to be re-detected until such time as its removed and re-inserted. Additional info: This has been happening since at least the start of my using the F13 Beta.
Has there been any progress on this? I have experienced this as well. Unlike the original poster, my experience is that safely remove does not work. I can select it repeatedly and the USB stick will be remounted every time. The only alternative is to use the "eject" function to at least unmount it. Then I can remove it even though it is not powered down.
I found that the issue may be the hub that I am running on my system. It is an Ultra MD2 5.25" 4 Port USB 2.0 and Card Reader that I am using for connecting USB devices on the front of my system. I added it because the case's connectors on top were inconvenient to reach and the ones on the back are full. If I have the USB thumb drive connected directly to the top connector, it behaves properly. If I have it connected to the Ultra hub, then it keeps remounting the USB thumb drive, even after I repeatedly select to remove it. So, the problem exists when a hub is used. Perhaps this will help. Otherwise, it will dismount and stay dismounted if I select the Eject option, it just won't power down.
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This issue still exists in F14.x86_64. the .i686 version behaves correctly.
Also, twice does not work either. The USB drive will remount every time.
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