Behavior confirmed on natty 11.04. I read that this may be related to NVidia USB chipsets, which I have in my computer.
Partial output from lspci: 00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP89 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1) 00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP89 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) 00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP89 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1) 00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP89 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608508 Title: usb stick will not stay unmounted with safely remove -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs