Re: GNOME Shell can't unmount my USB key
On Tue, 09 Feb 2016, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 09 Feb 2016 at 09:00:50 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 09 Feb 2016, Me wrote:
> >
> > > Le lundi 08 février 2016 à 13:50 -0800, Patrick Bartek a écrit :
> > > > Perhaps in days gone by: my OS prior to Wheezy -- Fedora 12 --
> > > > was like that. Anything USB had to be mounted/unmounted
> > > > manually. What a pain. And if you unplugged without
> > > > unmounting . . . Yes, things could break. But with Wheezy
> > > > which I've been using for 3+ years have had no problems with
> > > > just plug/unplug. The only precaution is to check the drive
> > > > activity light isn't flickering.
> > >
> > > Just because you didn't lose data doesn't mean it's safe. All
> > > systems are known to use caching, and GNOME frequently informs
> > > me, after having asked to unmount my key, that I shouldn't unplug
> > > it until it has finished to write data on it.
> >
> > Yes, I know about caching, but on my system read/writes to removable
> > devices are almost instantaneous. So, there's been no problems.
>
> How do you manage this instantaneity?
Can't tell you. It just is. Although my system is very custom:
Started with a basic terminal system with networking, and built it piece
by piece. No Desktop and all that crap comes with it, just a window
manager, Openbox, and some essential utilities. System still boots to
a terminal where I login and run startx.
> > However, I did write my on udev rule to do the mounting/unmounting,
> > and this was after reseaching expert advice on how to do it
> > properly. But as with any advice, you should do what's best for you.
>
> Published udev rules can be examined and tested.
https://soosck.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/improved-udev-rule-arch-linux/
This is basically the same as what I came up with, although I don't have the
code that places an icon on the Desktop since I don't have one.
> > > Additionally, I don't have any LED on this drive, which makes it
> > > even more dangerous.
> >
> > Then my method won't work well for you.
>
> So - a visible LED indication is essential?
Essential? Perhaps. At the very least, it's a simple indicator that
the drive is in use.
B
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