On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I am using XFCE and Thunar as file manager, and when I try to unmount >> an external disk (usb connected), it takes ages to unmount. Any ideas? > > If there is lots of data waiting to be flushed to the disk it will > have to finish writing all of it before it can umount. Did you just > copy loads of stuff to it? > > Also if the disk has been sitting around long enough to spin down > (which lots of usb disks do), it will have to spin up again before > it can unmount. > > If it is something to do with the file manager, you could > try running an umount command as root in a terminal and > see if it is faster. Thanks, Tom. The problem appears to be caused by the file manager, as unmounting via terminal is immediate. How can it be fixed? Paul _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
