Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread Brian Murray
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 06:45:02AM +, flocculant wrote: > I've been seeing the bug wherein a usb3 drive remounts itself after you've > ejected via file manager(s) for some time > > The issue has been kicking since 2011 (bug 792085 was reported in 2011)[1] > > Recently suse found a fix [2] >

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread flocculant
Spoke to Brian Murray on ubuntu-qa on irc - have my answer. At some point in the new year I'll follow up. Thanks all On 15/12/16 06:45, flocculant wrote: I've been seeing the bug wherein a usb3 drive remounts itself after you've ejected via file manager(s) for some time The issue has been

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread flocculant
Yes I can unmount from a terminal - shouldn't have to - this is *buntu. Linux for the *masses* The main reason for bringing this up on the quality mailing list is to give the issue some more visibility. On 15/12/16 15:58, JMZ wrote: Hi flocculant, Have you checked the device status

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread flocculant
On 15/12/16 14:07, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: Flocculant: Not sure that flashing bios and all the pain that *could* cause is something I'm willing to do nor likely to help. https://youtu.be/lSmcsGmoYTs No idea what that is - not looking either. -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread JMZ
Hi flocculant, Have you checked the device status through the lsblk command? If you are done with the device, you might have to enter a umount command for the device before it is fully removable without data loss. I'm wary of file managers' ability to mount/unmount drives. Better to set

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
Flocculant: Not sure that flashing bios and all the pain that *could* cause is something I'm willing to do nor likely to help. https://youtu.be/lSmcsGmoYTs -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread flocculant
On 15/12/16 09:07, Colin Law wrote: On 15 December 2016 at 06:45, flocculant wrote: I've been seeing the bug wherein a usb3 drive remounts itself after you've ejected via file manager(s) for some time The issue has been kicking since 2011 (bug 792085 was reported in

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-15 Thread Colin Law
On 15 December 2016 at 06:45, flocculant wrote: > I've been seeing the bug wherein a usb3 drive remounts itself after you've > ejected via file manager(s) for some time > > The issue has been kicking since 2011 (bug 792085 was reported in 2011)[1] > > Recently suse found a

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-14 Thread flocculant
On 15/12/16 07:12, Nio Wiklund wrote: [snip] Hi Flocculant, I don't think I am affected by this problem. I use USB 3 pendrives as well as connect SSDs via USB 3 very often. 1. I run Xubuntu + Lubuntu (both desktops in the same system) in a computer with only USB 2 ports. USB 3

Re: USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-14 Thread Nio Wiklund
Den 2016-12-15 kl. 07:45, skrev flocculant: I've been seeing the bug wherein a usb3 drive remounts itself after you've ejected via file manager(s) for some time The issue has been kicking since 2011 (bug 792085 was reported in 2011)[1] Recently suse found a fix [2] Is this something that will

USB 3 drives and remounting

2016-12-14 Thread flocculant
I've been seeing the bug wherein a usb3 drive remounts itself after you've ejected via file manager(s) for some time The issue has been kicking since 2011 (bug 792085 was reported in 2011)[1] Recently suse found a fix [2] Is this something that will eventually find it's way to us through