Ubuntu 16.04 is also missing "Safely Remove Drive" option. Instead it has the "Eject" option, but after selecting this option on an ESATA external hard-drive it offers no feedback to indicate that the "ejection" was successfully.
Because of this, I always have to shutdown my computer before unplugging my ESATA external hard drive. Nothing else gives me any indication that it is safe to unplug it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to udisks2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067876 Title: Missing "Safely Remove Drive" option from Quicklists. Only have "Eject". Status in gvfs: New Status in Linux Mint: New Status in Nautilus: New Status in udisks: Won't Fix Status in Unity: Invalid Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in udisks2 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in udisks2 package in ALT Linux: Unknown Status in Fedora: Unknown Status in nautilus package in Gentoo Linux: New Status in nautilus package in Mandriva: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: Confirmed Bug description: In Ubuntu 12.04, I could right-click on my usb-external-harddrive's Unity-Task-Bar icon (launcher icon) and select "Safely Remove". Upon doing this, the icon would disappear and I would proceed in unplugging my external hard drive. However, since upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10, this option is no longer available in the context menus (Quicklists) for external drives. Instead, all I see is "Unmount", and after clicking "Unmount" the icon remains on the task-bar (launcher) and no indication is given that would imply that the unmount occurred successfully. The intent of this report is to bring back the "Safely Remove" option which (by making the icon disappear after selected) indicates that you may now safely removal your USB external hard drive (by unplugging its usb connector). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Wed Oct 17 14:55:17 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-04 (13 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/1067876/+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
