Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.8.0) OS: Linux Previosly in KDE-3.5 (and sometimes in 4.x releases) it was able to remount previosly unmounted USB devices through "device notifier". This useful option disappear for me in some KDE relaeses some time ago and has appeared again after installing kde-4.8, but for a short time, as now it is unavailable again. Also this bug was described here (https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=64220) for Mandriva (I use Gentoo). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert an USB device (usb flash) and mount it through "device notifier" 2. Umount the USB in "device notifier" via clicking "safely remove". Actual Results: Note that just unmounted USB flash doesn't shown in "device notifier" and isn't able to mount it againg without physicaly removing of it from usb port and inserting again Expected Results: Unmounted USB device must be able to mount it again through "device notifier"
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Note: 1. If I insert usb flash to usb port and mount it from konsole (mount /mnt/usb) then "device notifier" shows usb device as mounted (/var/log/messages warning me only about utf8 on FAT filesystems) 2. If I ummount usb flash via konsole - "device notifier" shows usb device as unmounted (no warnings or record in var/log/messages). 3. If I mount usb flash via "device notifier" then as in 1st step - /var/log/messages warning me only about utf8 on FAT filesystems. 4. If I click "unmount" in the "device notifier" var/log/messages shows error: .... kernel: [19822.434441] sdd: detected capacity change from 2079850496 to 0 and after that usb isn't shown in "fdisk -l", but is visible by lsusb. Trying to mount via konsole after that shows error: mount: special device /dev/sdd1 does not exist
I can confirm this on ubuntu 11.10, running latest ppa kde 4.8.2 (I also need it to say what device it is, so I will file an extra feature request...)
This is due to a behavior change in the unmount routine, and I agree that it should be reconsidered. Lukas, we should really discuss about the “always eject” policy of the udisks backend.
I agree, these 2 cases are mutually exclusive, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852196 for the opposite case; in short, some external USB drives need to be explicitely ejected (and also) detached when you click on the "Safely remove/eject" button in the notifier.
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So, can we identify these cases or there is nothing to do?
This should be fixed in 4.10.2
No feedback, Lukáš says it is fixed... so marking it as resolved :p If we are mistaken and this bug is indeed not fixed in 4.10.2 and greater please, reopen the bug !
I find this issue (after the umount, device disappear from notifier and I have to phisically unplug and replug) in Debian Wheezy In Squeeze the reattach from notifier worked perfectly. How can I find if version number is greater or equal of 4.10.2? I can look at the kde version, but where I find the version of this component?
It still happens in kde 4.12.4 (I've tried Debian Jessie). After the device is unmounted, it cannot be reattached.
Reopening based on comment #11.
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KDE 4.14.1 problem still persists... Please add options ("Safely Remove and Eject" and "Unmount") to Device Notifier's "Eject" button. Thank you
The problem here is that some devices (like external hard drives) advertise the option to power down the drive completely after unmounting it, thus we do that. OTOH, I agree that the correct way to fix this double-sided problem would be to have 2 distinct buttons in the Device Notifier, 1 to unmount and the other one to eject/powerdown. What do you think?
Hi, I suggest this: 1. default configurable action - Safely Remove vs. Unmount 2. left mouse click on the button invokes the default action 3. right mouse click on the button displays the popup menu with two options - Safely Remove and Unmount This proposal allows to preserve the current clean and simple design of Device Notifier.
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Is this so difficult to fix? Offering two options would be fine for me. But even detached/energy-save-mode, wouldn't it be possible to remount again? My use case: I have a fast hard-drive connected all the time, but it makes much noise, when in action (and sometimes the harddisk (no ssd) starts to rotate without any known interaction..?), so I like to make it quiet by unmounting it, and remount it again, when I need it. But the replugging everytime is annoying and seems to harm for the long run.