Ubuntu
eject package

cannot eject USB device (iPod) as non-root

Bug #219910 reported by Lukáš Lalinský
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Bug Description

When I connect my iPod, it's automatically mounted, but as a regular user I'm not able to eject it. I can unmount it, but that doesn't close the USB connection, which means the iPod is still showing the "Do not disconnect" message. Using "eject" I get:

$ eject /dev/sdb
eject: unable to open `/dev/sdb'

and using Nautilus it just prints "Cannot eject volume.". Note that for example for CDs/DVDs it works fine.

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Lukáš Lalinský (luks) wrote :

Oh, I forgot. This is after upgrade to Hardy, it worked fine in Gutsy.

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Anthony Squire (tony11235) wrote :

I have the same problem. Using Hardy.

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the2ndgenesis (third-ech3lon) wrote :

I have the same problem with Hardy, only now my iPod doesn't show any artists or songs when I run it disconnected from my computer :/
Really looking forward to a solution to this...

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Joakim Andersson (jocke) wrote :

If you add yourself to the 'disk' group (run 'sudo adduser yourusername disk' in a terminal, then log out and back in again), it should work.

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