Not able to remove usb pendrive from thunar

rnarch · 2012-04-19 05:46:45

When I insert a usb pendrive, it is recognized promptly and is shown in thunar file manager. However, when I right click on it and select 'eject volume', it gives following error message on one of my computers with Arch:

Failed to eject medium; one or more volumes on the medium are busy.

On other computer, it is promptly unmounted and is safe to be removed. What could be causing this problem. I have recently (only today) updated with 'pacman -Syu' but the problem is still persisting.

Last edited by rnarch (2012-04-19 05:47:04)

Gcool · 2012-04-19 05:58:13

Try checking with "lsof" to see which process is still using your pendrive.

rnarch · 2012-04-19 06:27:03

lsof shows multiple entries of following lines:

tumblerd 899 abcd 17r REG 8,17 1131574 48 /media/KINGSTON/own/medrchap1.mov
source:sr 899 926 abcd 17r REG 8,17 1131574 48 /media/KINGSTON/own/mecdrhap1.mov

This program is automatically accessing the movie files on the usbdrive.

Gcool · 2012-04-19 06:46:00

Ok, so that's the issue right there. Tumblerd is still accessing that media file on your pendrive and hence you can't unmount it. Killing the process will solve that.

A quick Google search lead me to this bug report.

rnarch · 2012-04-19 07:34:03

I went though following references but cannot understand why it is behaving this way on this computer and not on the other Arch computer?

https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8208
http://tumbler.sourceforge.net/
http://askubuntu.com/questions/89826/what-is-tumblerd

Also, if I kill once, it may come up again. Apparently, this program comes as a default with xfce, so it must be important. Is there no way to cure this problem?

renuvio · 2012-04-19 09:23:22

A few weeks ago I ran into this same problem, and the workaround I found was to disable the thumbnails view in Thunar's preferences. Since then I can unmount any usb pendrive in a proper way.

rnarch · 2012-04-19 10:57:57

Thanks. I hope this problem is sorted out in next version of Thunar.

mariusmeyer · 2012-04-19 12:07:34

There has been an extensive discussion on the Arch bugtracker as well on this topic. Most people (myself included) have now found a solution that both gives us thumbnails AND let's us unmount out USB sticks

I suggest you dig up that bug ticket by yourself and read, it should give you an understanding as to what is going on. Good luck

iAmAhab · 2012-04-19 12:55:35

Needed this myself and dug it up:
[url]https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26707?string=tumbler&project=1&type[0]=&sev[0]=&pri[0]=&due[0]=&reported[0]=&cat[0]=&status[0]=open&percent[0]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=[/url]

Worked like a charm, thanks.

rnarch · 2012-04-19 13:07:48

Thankyou. I will try it.

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Not able to remove usb pendrive from thunar

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