[xubuntu-users] USB Indicator Applet ~ Alternative?

[Cody Smith]

you would have to figure out how to run that command with sudo (and I
believe that's out of the scope of a launcher) as umount requires root
priveleges.

--c_smith


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Joshua O'Leary <jmoey139 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> One alternative would be to create a panel launcher to eject whatever USB
> drive is plugged in, running a command line for you, e.g.
>
>         umount /dev/sdb*
> or
>         umount /dev/sdb?
>
> assuming the drive sda is the HDD and there are no other drives attached.
> If you wanted more flexibility, a launcher to a simple bash script from the
> panel that opens up with a list of drives to unmount could work quite well,
> if I find the time I might have a go at this. Just an idea.
>
> Joshua
>
> On Fri, 24 May 2013 10:17:16 -0400
> PGillespie <vermontpoet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Finally Googled the right information. The applet is Ejecter and the PPA
> > apparently hasn't been updated to run on Raring.
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/~fredp/+archive/ppa
> >
> > Is there an alternative? Having to open a file manager (or command line)
> > every time I want to eject a USB drive is a drag.
> >
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