[kde-linux] KDE +hal: "unable to eject" message with USB sticks

[Norberto Bensa]

Jens Stroebel wrote:
> I'm using kde-3.5.7 here; after updating from a previous version to this
> one, I had to realize that an umount of USB sticks (via the dektop icon)
> nowadays spawns a window (and creating a glass-break-sound) and
> complains that it has successfully umounted but couldn't eject the USB
> stick.

Me too.

I'm using Gentoo. 

Kubuntu on the other hand seems to handle this right, and it also has a nice 
feature: it shows a progress bar showing how much time left to umount/sync 
your usb stick.