Can't unmount external HDs from right click context menu
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Can't unmount external HDs from right click context menu
OS: Celena
Can't unmount both an ntfs and a ext3 external HD from right click context menu.
deadlock from IRC channel already told me that I'm using mintdisk and not fstab.
Can unmount partition from gparted.
Can't unmount both an ntfs and a ext3 external HD from right click context menu.
deadlock from IRC channel already told me that I'm using mintdisk and not fstab.
Can unmount partition from gparted.
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "can't unmount". What exactly does or does not happen?
I also have a problem in that, when I try to unmount an external usb HD (/media/disk-1), I get an error pop-up saying "Cannot eject the volume" and it immediately remounts the drive (and in doing so opens Nautilus again).
I also have a problem in that, when I try to unmount an external usb HD (/media/disk-1), I get an error pop-up saying "Cannot eject the volume" and it immediately remounts the drive (and in doing so opens Nautilus again).
have you tried this?
for example, if your drive is /media/disk-1 then do
...to unmount it manually.
This should at least solve your problem temporarily.
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sudo umount <location where the drive is mounted>
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sudo umount /media/disk-1
This should at least solve your problem temporarily.
Ok, we need more info here
let's have a look at /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintDisk/mintDisk.log
and the "mount" command to see what's mounted and where...
And a note: mintDisk is better than fstab "provided" you're using internal HDDs, if you're using external ones you'd rather use NTFS-Config and fstab... the main reason is simple... mintdisk operates after you login through GDM and it doesn't run in the background, it only runs once... so it only mounts devices connected at that time, not after... and this is not appropriate for external devices.
Clem
let's have a look at /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintDisk/mintDisk.log
and the "mount" command to see what's mounted and where...
And a note: mintDisk is better than fstab "provided" you're using internal HDDs, if you're using external ones you'd rather use NTFS-Config and fstab... the main reason is simple... mintdisk operates after you login through GDM and it doesn't run in the background, it only runs once... so it only mounts devices connected at that time, not after... and this is not appropriate for external devices.
Clem
-------------------------
* checking the presence of os-prober...
-- os-prober is absent
-------------------------
* checking system environment...
-- user = borat
-- home = /home/borat
-- locale = en_IE.UTF-8
-------------------------
* configuring options...
-- mount point: /media/<<DEVICE>>
-- show links: No
-- links location: /home/borat/Desktop/
-------------------------
* loading support for FAT32...
-- partition type = b
-- mount type = vfat
-- mount options = iocharset=utf8,umask=000
* loading support for FAT32 (LBA)...
-- partition type = c
-- mount type = vfat
-- mount options = iocharset=utf8,umask=000
* loading support for NTFS...
-- partition type = 7
-- mount type = ntfs-3g
-- mount options = defaults,locale=en_US.utf8
-------------------------
* removing existing links (if any)...
-------------------------
* checking presence of vfat and ntfs in fstab...
-------------------------
* scanning partitions...
-- detected device /dev/sda1 of type 83 and size 26GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda2 of type 5 and size 91GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda5 of type 82 and size 0GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda6 of type 83 and size 74GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda7 of type 83 and size 15GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdb1 of type 7 and size 25GB
=> no alias defined
=> partition mounted already
=> no link created
-- detected device /dev/sdb2 of type 5 and size 91GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdb5 of type b and size 21GB
=> no alias defined
=> partition mounted already
=> no link created
-- detected device /dev/sdb6 of type 83 and size 15GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdb7 of type 83 and size 54GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc1 of type 83 and size 10GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc2 of type 5 and size 10GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc3 of type 83 and size 41GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc4 of type 83 and size 21GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc5 of type 83 and size 10GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdd1 of type 83 and size 156GB
=> partition type not supported
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda7 on /usr/local/games type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdb6 on /media/sdb6 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdb7 on /media/sdb7 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/sdc1 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc3 on /media/sdc3 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc5 on /media/sdc5 type ext3 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
fusesmb on /home/borat/Network type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,max_read=32768)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/sdb1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdb5 on /media/sdb5 type vfat (rw,iocharset=utf8,umask=000)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/disk type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
* checking the presence of os-prober...
-- os-prober is absent
-------------------------
* checking system environment...
-- user = borat
-- home = /home/borat
-- locale = en_IE.UTF-8
-------------------------
* configuring options...
-- mount point: /media/<<DEVICE>>
-- show links: No
-- links location: /home/borat/Desktop/
-------------------------
* loading support for FAT32...
-- partition type = b
-- mount type = vfat
-- mount options = iocharset=utf8,umask=000
* loading support for FAT32 (LBA)...
-- partition type = c
-- mount type = vfat
-- mount options = iocharset=utf8,umask=000
* loading support for NTFS...
-- partition type = 7
-- mount type = ntfs-3g
-- mount options = defaults,locale=en_US.utf8
-------------------------
* removing existing links (if any)...
-------------------------
* checking presence of vfat and ntfs in fstab...
-------------------------
* scanning partitions...
-- detected device /dev/sda1 of type 83 and size 26GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda2 of type 5 and size 91GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda5 of type 82 and size 0GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda6 of type 83 and size 74GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sda7 of type 83 and size 15GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdb1 of type 7 and size 25GB
=> no alias defined
=> partition mounted already
=> no link created
-- detected device /dev/sdb2 of type 5 and size 91GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdb5 of type b and size 21GB
=> no alias defined
=> partition mounted already
=> no link created
-- detected device /dev/sdb6 of type 83 and size 15GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdb7 of type 83 and size 54GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc1 of type 83 and size 10GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc2 of type 5 and size 10GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc3 of type 83 and size 41GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc4 of type 83 and size 21GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdc5 of type 83 and size 10GB
=> partition type not supported
-- detected device /dev/sdd1 of type 83 and size 156GB
=> partition type not supported
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda7 on /usr/local/games type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdb6 on /media/sdb6 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdb7 on /media/sdb7 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/sdc1 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc3 on /media/sdc3 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc5 on /media/sdc5 type ext3 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
fusesmb on /home/borat/Network type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,max_read=32768)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/sdb1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdb5 on /media/sdb5 type vfat (rw,iocharset=utf8,umask=000)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/disk type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
Need to be using 0.5.9-1ubuntu2-feisty1, not 0.5.8.1-4ubuntu12.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... +bug/36252
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/108643
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... +bug/36252
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/108643
I have several USB devices that I could unmount/eject just fine from the "right-clock menu" in Edgy but they are immediately remounted after being ejected in Feisty. Ways of fixing this so I can "safely" remove my devices include:
* Reverting to the command line to unmount the filesystem.
* Discover that I need to install a package from something called feisty-backports, figure out how to do that and then actually do it successfully.
* Edit /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-storage-policy.fdi to stop the devices being ejected.
As an experienced Linux user all of these are OK for me.
However, if this happens to inexperienced users it is a showstopper because they do not have the know-how to be expected to do any of the above. That is, from a usability point-of-view for inexperienced users:
* This is a regression.
* This is critical.