thank you omns ... pcmanfm file manager does handle mount/unmount 'ng
of my external drive better than thunar
problem solved for me .
1 2009-02-11 04:47:56
Re: Cannot unmount usb hard drive (13 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
2 2009-01-29 08:28:42
Re: Crunchbang Ninja-fied! :) (33 replies, posted in Artwork & Screenshots)
i third that motion ... brilliant !
3 2009-01-29 08:24:49
Re: Cannot unmount usb hard drive (13 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
i'm (a noobie) still looking for a better fix but ... this is my solution thus far :
thunar file manager has an "Edit" > "configure custom actions" button .
http://thunar.xfce.org/plugins.html
i added an "eject" option to my "right click" mouse button .
now mind you i only use this on the main window of /media file manager .
it does not work on the side view of the window but ... like i said i'm (a noob)
still looking for a better solution .
also , there is an "Edit" > "preferences" > "advanced" tab Enable/configure option
that when unchecked seems to make the normal eject option (sort of) behave .
4 2009-01-16 08:07:34
Re: Cannot unmount usb hard drive (13 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
thank you toor58 ...
i have a 60 gig partition'd hard disk . when i :
$sudo umount -a /media/disk(1) or
$sudo umount /media/disk(1) or
$sudo eject /media/disk
hard disk unmounts or ejects with out a hitch ... when i try to right click " eject volume" in file manager
i still get a [ Unknown Error Failed to Unmount ] error .
what's also weird is then both partitions open in new windows . 
i'm tryin' to figure out a way to change from "eject volume" to the old "unmount volume" method .
but there's no /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-storage-policy.fdi in #! to modify .
see link : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? … amp;page=2
5 2009-01-15 17:22:53
Re: Cannot unmount usb hard drive (13 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
ditto here ...
still tryin' to figure this one out .
usb flash drive mounts and unmounts (ejects) perfectly .
usb hard drive mounts without problem though , does not eject (same error as yours kiwiboy)
will keep at it after work ... lates for now .
6 2009-01-14 15:49:22
Re: [Solved] Printing broken? (38 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
thanks omns and to all for the solution (s) ...
i am up and running .
7 2009-01-14 03:18:01
Topic: greetings from southern california (1 replies, posted in Introductions)
i am very excited about crunchbang and already feel welcome ...
thank you thank you to ALL involved .