Am 07.10.2010 17:32, schrieb Thomas Bächler:
Am 07.10.2010 17:18, schrieb Benjamin Sambale:
I managed to mount my usb stick automatically via udev rules (hal isn't
running). However, if I unplug the stick while thunar is open, the
umount command hangs. After that I can't even reboot. But if I close
thunar before unplugging the stick umount works fine.
Automatic umounting is neither intended nor safe. The reason is obvious:
To guarantee data consistency and proper functionality of the operating
system, the file system has to be removed _before_ the underlying device
is. This obviously cannot happen automatically.
Thanks for the reply. I know that unplugging the stick before umounting
is kind of "unsafe". However, I never had problems with this and of
course I do not unplug while files are get written. By the way the udev
page on archwiki also suggests umounting in a udev rule. Finally, as I
wrote before everything works if I close thunar before. And using hal it
works in all cases anyway.
So, I'm still grateful for further hints.
