[Bug 20424] Ejecting a volume removes its device in /dev

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Wed Dec 21 08:33:56 UTC 2005


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martin.pitt at ubuntu.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|ben.collins at ubuntu.com      |seb128 at ubuntu.com,
                   |                            |jamesh at canonical.com
          Component|linux                       |gnome-applets




------- Additional Comments From martin.pitt at ubuntu.com  2005-12-21 08:33 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> Now that you explained it, I can understand why it behaves that way. The only
> thing that bothers me is that, even though the device has been removed and the
> /dev/sdaX file doesn't exist anymore, the icon remains in the mount applet and
> in Nautilus. I think this is counter-intuitive. If the device is not present
> (and so, not mountable), it should not appear in the UI. That would avoid error
> messages when people try to re-mount it.

Right. However, since leaving the icons where they are is exactly the right
thing on my box, I cannot debug your case. James, Seb, any idea about that? Does
that sound like nautilus/drivemount-applet shows ejected drives without any
volume after ejection?


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