Cannot remove flash memory

[Jaime Davila]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Whenever I need to remove flash memory (USB disk on key, SD card in
> USB card reader, etc) I right click the desktop icon for the device,
> and click "remove safely". At that point, the icon disappears, but the
> LED on the USB unit turns on, and never turns off. So I cannot remove
> the device. I must power the computer off in order to remove it. What
> can I do to resolve this issue? I'm on Ubuntu 6.10 with the KDE
> desktop.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Dotan Cohen

I'm not quite sure what the light means, but I ignore it, and haven't 
had any problems whatsoever yet. I'm using gnome as opposed to kde, but 
I doubt that makes any difference. So, I just make sure the device is 
not mounted and then pull it off.


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