Problem unmounting external hard drives

[Shaun Jones]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM, MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using Maxtor 500 GB external ( USB 2.0) hard drive and whenever I try
> to unmount the
> drive using "Safely remove drive" option, I get the following error and I
> am concerned if
> something has gone bad.
>
> Please help.
>
>
> Error detaching: helper exited with exit code 1: Detaching device /dev/sdc
> USB device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-6)
> SYNCHRONIZE CACHE: OK
> STOP UNIT: FAILED: No such file or directory
>
>
> Mir
>
>  I have the same external drive and this only happens in gnome if i use
> xfce or kde this error does not come up. I have never hurt my drive because
> of it.  I am sure there is a nug report somewhere i am just too lazy to go
> looking for it, but I do know this has been brought up many times.
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