Ubuntu
dolphin package

Unable to "Safely Remove" pen drives in Kubuntu

Bug #223246 reported by Rohan Dhruva
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Bug Description

Hi,

I'm using Kubuntu 8.04. Whenever I insert a pen drive, a new entry appears in Dolphin -> Storage Media as expected. If I right click on it, Actions -> Safely Remove, I get an error dialog box saying:

"The device was successfully unmounted, but could not be ejected"

In a console, this is some of the output of my tries - (/dev/sdb is the usb pen drive):

rohan@ubuntu:~$ eject /dev/sdb
eject: unable to open `/dev/sdb'
rohan@ubuntu:~$ eject /dev/sdb1
eject: unable to open `/dev/sdb1'
rohan@ubuntu:~$ sudo eject /dev/sdb1
rohan@ubuntu:~$

After which the icon disappears from Dolphin -> Storage Media as expected.
Is this is a problem with my setup, or a bug with Kubuntu?

Thanks.

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Rohan Dhruva (rohandhruva) wrote :

I don't think the correct package is dolphin - this problem happens even if I try to Safely Remove the pen drive by right clicking the icon on the desktop.

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ubuntuslave (ubuntuslave) wrote :

I started to have this problem after upgrading to ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron).
It happens only with USB devices under KDE. This, however, doesn't happen with eSATA (extenal SATA) drives...they get ejected.
Also, I noticed that there's no "eject" option in the Gnome desktop...Therefore, it seems to be an annoyance only under KDE 3.5 (Kubuntu).

Please, keep me posted if there's any solution.

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masjan (masjan) wrote :

You should add yourself to group "disk"

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Rohan Dhruva (rohandhruva) wrote :

Thanks MaSJaN that worked perfectly.
Shouldn't the installer add new users to the group "disk" by default? This bug can confuse new users.

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