<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> On 11/05/12 22:24, Italo Maia wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:CAAszM3NLdLhhACQE269=GWhEi0zqA1gD5xYf9u_G7iH9exvhYQ@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">When I plug my 500gb external storage device in ubuntu and then choose to "remove safely", my device light turns off when I get the message "safe to remove". With xubuntu, that never happens. Why is that? <div> </div> -- "A arrogância é a arma dos fracos." =========================== Italo Moreira Campelo Maia Bacharel em Ciência da Computação - UECE Desenvolvedor WEB e Desktop (Java, Python, Lua) Coordenador do Pug-CE ----------------------------------------------------- <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.italomaia.com/" target="_blank">http://www.italomaia.com/</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://twitter.com/italomaia/" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/italomaia/</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://eusouolobomau.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://eusouolobomau.blogspot.com/</a> ----------------------------------------------------- Turtle Linux 9.10 - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://tiny.cc/blogturtle910" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/blogturtle910</a> Turtle Linux 10.10 - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bit.ly/cEw4ET" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/cEw4ET</a> =========================== <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> Because xubuntu does not use the same backends as Ubuntu does - instead of using nautilus and gvfs, it uses thunar and thunar-volman. The xfce backends only support unmounting of devices (not powering down), although it there must be some command line way of doing it. I wouldn't worry about it though - its unlikely to damage external devices, they are designed with hot-plugging in mind. </body> </html>