Get back safe to remove message

Petter Adsen petter at synth.no
Mon Aug 17 12:42:49 UTC 2015


On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:30:18 -0500
Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net> wrote:

> With ubuntu 12.04 LTS when you unmounted a usb flash drive 
> it gave you a message telling you when it was safe to 
> remove. With 14.04 LTS in nautilus you do not get the 
> message. I am having trouble with people unmounting  flash 
> drives think they are ready to remove but they aren't so 
> then you have to reboot to clean up the file system. Is 
> there anyway to get back the message so users no when it is 
> safe tor remove a flash drive or is there a better choice 
> for a file manager that will clearly show users when it is 
> safe to remove the flash drive?

Thunar does this, I just checked, but this is with Xubuntu 15.04. I have
no idea how it behaves in 14.04, but it could be worth a try.

Whether it is a function of Thunar or some lower-level stuff I not
know, either.

Petter

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