Comment 7 for bug 111541

yes it is similar to Bug #36252. I've isolated the problem to the file system type. I do not have the problem with a VFAT filesystem. However, my external drive is not used with anything but linux boxes, so therefore is formatted in EXT3. When I mount a USB stick [by plugging it in], which is formatted in VFAT it 'ejects' fine. The Harddrive, formatted as EXT3, does not. Both are viewed as /dev/sdb1. I suppose I could just format the drive to VFAT and change the permissions every time I bring a file in but , should I have to? EXT3 is a native linux filesystem. It should work correctly.