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.
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