Same issue here, reported there: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278944
It is not consistent between disks, even when there are from the same vendor or the same model. Of course, the controller may be totally different. Note that it all cases, they spin down correctly under Mac OS or Windows. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1239087 Title: Safely remove is not working (or broken) in Gnome Disks Status in GNOME Disks: Fix Released Status in udisks: Confirmed Status in gnome-disk-utility package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-disk-utility package in Fedora: Unknown Status in gnome-disk-utility package in openSUSE: Invalid Status in oem-workaround-xhci-quirk-dkms package in openSUSE: Unknown Bug description: In 12.04 I was able to safely remove USB-stick (make its LED off) and USB-HDD (do a spin down). In 13.04 this option is missed. In 13.10 it is appeared again, but not working as expected: + Gnome Disks normally powers off the USB flash (tested on 4 different flashes and 2 USB cardreaders). - Gnome Disks does not spin down USB HDD (but udisks --detach does) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.8.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 12 13:39:21 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-06 (219 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130306) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-23 (110 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1239087/+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
