I have this problem on 12.04 with a new Seagate 3TB usb3 external drive ON A USB3 interface. Will test later on 14.04; waiting for final release at present.
For me, safe removal never works (drive always returns) unlike others above, who find it does work second time. I reduced the problem a little by: System Settings/Details/Removable Media/Never prompt or start programs on media insertion (TICK) and dconf-editor: org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount (UNtick) automount-oepn (UNtick) automount-never (TICK) Of course, then I have to open disk utility and mount drives by hand and open the mount point by hand. No big deal. Interestingly, the problem does not occur if the drive is connected via a USB2 interface, but that rather spoils the point of having a USB3-capable drive! In fact, it dropped the read time to about 1/5th but made almost no difference to the write time, so if your use of the drive is primarily to archive files, it seems: connect via USB2 interface is quite a good idea for now! I suspect that the issue is related to the USB3 interface, both in the drive and the PC. A Seagate ST2000DM001 (2Tb USB interface) external drive CONNECTED ON A USB3 INTERFACE DOES behave correctly on SAFE REMOVAL and does NOT reappear in the list in disk utility. (probably off topic) It is interesting to note that on my drive (Seagate STNV3000300) the interface at the disk enclosure is a PAIR of connectors side by side, not a simple mini or micro USB peripheral interface. Nick Sharp -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792085 Title: Automatic remount of safely removed drive Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus When I choose "Safely remove drive" context menu entry for an external USB drive within a nautilus window or directly clicking on the desktop icon, after about 10 seconds the drive is automatically remounted and a Nautilus window showing the root folder opens. I have noticed that similar already happened with a very old Ubuntu version - Bug #110589 and as that is so long time ago I thought it is better to open a new bug. Reason of the problem might even be completely different. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jun 2 23:40:08 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/792085/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
