I gather the diiference is usb hdd's & some flash drives will be "Direct-Access" & get the unmount option with gnome media-removable icon & other flash drives will be "Initializing USB Mass Storage driver..' & get the eject & drive-removable-media-usb icon
If that's the way it's supposed to be then this report is invalid though a power down option on any usb storage device would be useful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008563 Title: Some usb flash drives can only be ejected, others only umounted, all usb hdd's only unmounted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1008563/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs