Lubuntu 12.04 beta 1: "USB detach bug"

[Leszek Lesner]

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> Hello, I'm testing Lubuntu 12.04 beta 1. I have just found a bug: If
> you try to detach a USB pendrive, PCManFM will only allow you umount
> your pendrive (not detach). If you detach your pendrive, the pendrive
> will be switch off. If you unmount your pendrive, it will be unmount
> but not switch off.
Switching light off or leave it on is a powersetting feature. Even if I eject my usb thumbdrive it the led light is still turned on.

> 
> I have tested with pendrives and usb hard drives.
> 
> I have written a simple Gtk2 + python script to detach devices. The
> script shows a simple window with all USB devices plugged. Then you
> can detach it.

I think this should be a feature in pcmanfm. Offering both in the context menu unmount and eject. The eject symbol though should default to eject. 

> 
> You can download this script from:
> 
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4134722/blog/usb.py
> 
> Would it be possible include it in Lubuntu? What must I do?
> 
> Thanks, and sorry for my broken English
> 

As I mentioned before this should be a feature in pcmanfm. So I don't think we should handle this in a different application.
Furthermore feature freeze is intact on the 12.04 release so this script won't make it in this release.
It can be mentioned though to people who are experiencing problems with their usb thumbdrive eject/unmount method in the default pcmanfm. But all in all I guess it will be fixed until the final release or clarified (because I don't see this as a big showstopper right now).
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