ejecting usb devices (aka ipods)

[Kevin Kofler]

On Monday 22 December 2008, Martin (KDE) wrote:
> I have some troubles with my ipod in FC10 and kde. I can mount and
> fill music et cetera without a problem, but if I try to savely remove
> it, either right mousebutton in dolphin, or via the plasma device
> manager applet, the ipod is dismounted, but not ejected. I see the "do
> not disconnect" message all the time.
>
> If I hit the eject command on the comand line the proper "OK to
> disconnect" message is shown. Is this a bug or am I missing some
> fundamental settings.

Well, you can't really "eject" a USB device, it's just the iPod being weird, 
it's safe to disconnect it once it is unmounted.

        Kevin Kofler