Description of problem: when using the "safely remove drive" entry from the drive's context menu in GNOME/nautilus, a notification dialog is shown: Unable to stop <label of drive> Error detaching: helper exited with exit code 1: Detaching device /dev/sdc USB device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2) SYNCHRONIZE CACHE: FAILED: No such file or directory (Continuing despite SYNCHRONIZE CACHE failure.) STOP UNIT: OK Unbinding USB interface driver: OK Suspending USB device: FAILED: Cannot open /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/power/level for writing: No such file or directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): netbook variant of the kernel How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. plug in usb drive (pendrive or external USB stick or a generic MSC drive) 2. use "safely remove drive" from the drive's contextmenu 3. drive is unmounted, but gives the dialog According to http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-893978-start-0.html it is because CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME and CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND is not enabled in the kernel (and indeed it is not)
wich kernel are you using ?
CC: (none) => tmb
cite: # Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # netbook variant of the kernel so kernel-netbook-latest-2.6.38.8-6.mga1 â kernel-netbook-2.6.38.8-6.mga-1-1.mga1
Ah sorry, I missed the "netbook variant"... It will be fixed in upcoming 2.6.38.8-7
Depends on: (none) => 3186
There is now a kernel-2.6.38.8-7.mga available in core/updates_testing. Please test that is works for you.
yes, the kernel from testing works - thanks a lot
(In reply to comment #5) > yes, the kernel from testing works - thanks a lot Ok thanks. So we can close this one.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED