Public bug reported:
When I connect USB floppy drive (Gembird) without floppy under Ubuntu, the
drive engine seems to be running (the floppy drive LED is on and the drive is
sounding). The same behaviour takes place if I connect the drive with a floppy
and then remove the floppy. It seems that the system accesses the drive
permanently when there is no floppy. Under Windows XP it works normally - when
there is no floppy, the LED and engine are switched off. I have tried Ubuntu
14.10 (amd64) with upstart, LXQt and KDE 5; Ubuntu 15.04 with systemd, LXQt -
the same behaviour.
If I boot using bash as init (init=/bin/bash) and connect the floppy drive
after boot, the engine is off (the normal behaviour).
lsof /dev/sdb during engine running outputs nothing.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: floppy hardware usb
** Description changed:
- When I connect USB floppy drive (Gembird) without floppy under Ubuntu, the
drive engine seems to be running (the floppy drive LED is on and the drive is
sounding). The same behaviour takes place if I connect the drive with a floppy
and then remove the floppy. It seems that the system accesses the drive
permanently when there is no floppy. Under Windows XP it works normally - when
there is no floppy, the LED and engine are switched off. How can I solve the
problem? I have tried Ubuntu 14.10 (amd64) with upstart, LXQt and KDE 5; Ubuntu
15.04 with systemd, LXQt - the same behaviour.
+ When I connect USB floppy drive (Gembird) without floppy under Ubuntu, the
drive engine seems to be running (the floppy drive LED is on and the drive is
sounding). The same behaviour takes place if I connect the drive with a floppy
and then remove the floppy. It seems that the system accesses the drive
permanently when there is no floppy. Under Windows XP it works normally - when
there is no floppy, the LED and engine are switched off. I have tried Ubuntu
14.10 (amd64) with upstart, LXQt and KDE 5; Ubuntu 15.04 with systemd, LXQt -
the same behaviour.
If I boot using bash as init (init=/bin/bash) and connect the floppy drive
after boot, the engine of off (the normal behaviour).
lsof /dev/sdb during engine running outputs nothing.
** Description changed:
When I connect USB floppy drive (Gembird) without floppy under Ubuntu, the
drive engine seems to be running (the floppy drive LED is on and the drive is
sounding). The same behaviour takes place if I connect the drive with a floppy
and then remove the floppy. It seems that the system accesses the drive
permanently when there is no floppy. Under Windows XP it works normally - when
there is no floppy, the LED and engine are switched off. I have tried Ubuntu
14.10 (amd64) with upstart, LXQt and KDE 5; Ubuntu 15.04 with systemd, LXQt -
the same behaviour.
- If I boot using bash as init (init=/bin/bash) and connect the floppy drive
after boot, the engine of off (the normal behaviour).
+ If I boot using bash as init (init=/bin/bash) and connect the floppy drive
after boot, the engine is off (the normal behaviour).
lsof /dev/sdb during engine running outputs nothing.
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USB floppy drive is running without floppy
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