[Bug 292759] New: Device Notifier doesn't power down external drives when ejecting

[Bonne Eggleston]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292759

           Summary: Device Notifier doesn't power down external drives
                    when ejecting
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: bonne at ixum.net


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.8.0) 
OS:                Linux

The device notifier (also Dolphin and others that plug into it) have an option
to eject external drives. 
For hard drives this option should power down the drive (or at least an extra
option should be added to allow powering down). 
Other desktop environments including Gnome and Mac power down the drive upon
ejecting which is much safer for the hardware. 

The tool palimpsest is a reliable tool for powering down drives and I believe
the code would be easy to copy. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Plug in USB hard drive. 
Click "eject" in device notifier. 


Actual Results:  
Listen as device continues to hum and watch the LED not switch off. 

Expected Results:  
The device should spin down and the LED should go into "off" mode (which is a
slow blink for my particular drive).

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